Ethmostigmus

Ethmostigmus is a genus of centipedes in the family Scolopendridae found in Africa, Asia, and Oceania that is characterised by its large, rounded spiracles.[2][3]

Ethmostigmus
E. rubripes photographed in Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Subfamily: Otostigminae
Genus: Ethmostigmus
Pocock, 1898[1]
Type species
E. trigonopodus
(Leach, 1817)[1]
Species

21, see text

Synonyms[1]

Distribution and habitat

This genus is widely distributed, with its members being found in tropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, Asia (particularly Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent), and Oceania (particularly Australia, Melanesia, and Polynesia).[2][3]

Species

This genus includes the following species:[1][4]

  • Ethmostigmus tristis (Meinert, 1886) – India (Tamil Nadu)
  • Ethmostigmus venenosus (Attems, 1897) – Indonesia (Maluku Province, Sulawesi)
  • Ethmostigmus waiainus Chamberlin, 1920Solomon Islands

References

  1. Bonato, Lucio; Chagas Junior, Amazonas; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Lewis, John G. E.; Minelli, Alessandro; Pereira, Luis A.; Shelley, Rowland M.; Stoev, Pavel; Zapparoli, Marzio (2016). "Ethmostigmus Pocock, 1898". ChiloBase 2.0 – A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda).
  2. Joshi, Jahnavi; Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2018). "Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the centipede genus Ethmostigmus Pocock (Chilopoda : Scolopendromorpha) from peninsular India". Invertebrate Systematics. CSIRO Publishing. 32 (6): 1316–1335. doi:10.1071/is18030. S2CID 92607969.
  3. Koch, Lucien E. (1983). "A Taxonomic Study of the Centipede Genus Ethmostigmus Pocock (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae: Otostigminae) in Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology. CSIRO Publishing. 31 (5): 835–849. doi:10.1071/ZO9830835.
  4. "Ethmostigmus" at the Encyclopedia of Life


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