Pleotarsobius

Pleotarsobius is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Henicopidae. It was described in 1909 by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems. The sole species is Pleotarsobius heterotarsus (Silvestri, 1904).[1][2]

Pleotarsobius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Henicopidae
Genus: Pleotarsobius
Attems, 1909[1]
Type species
Lamyctes heterotarsus
Silvestri, 1904

Distribution

The species occurs in the Hawaiian Islands. The type locality is Kona, Hawaii.[3]

References

  1. Attems, C (1909). "Myriapoda". In Schulze, L (ed.). Zoologische und anthropologische Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise im westlichen und zentralen Südafrika ausgeführt in den Jahren 1903-1905 mit Unterstützung der Kgl. Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Vol. 14. Jena: Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft. pp. 1–52 [12].
  2. Bonato L., Chagas Junior A., Edgecombe G.D., Lewis J.G.E., Minelli A., Pereira L.A., Shelley R.M., Stoev P., Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 16 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Bonato L., Chagas Junior A., Edgecombe G.D., Lewis J.G.E., Minelli A., Pereira L.A., Shelley R.M., Stoev P., Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 16 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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