Podothereua

Podothereua is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Scutigeridae. It was described in 1905 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff. Its sole species is Podothereua insularum Verhoeff, 1905.[1][2]

Podothereua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scutigeromorpha
Family: Scutigeridae
Genus: Podothereua
Verhoeff, 1905[1]
Type species
Podothereua insularum
Verhoeff, 1905

Distribution

The species occurs in New Britain, in the Bismarck Archipelago. The type locality is Ralum, Kokopo. [3]

References

  1. Verhoeff, CW (1905). "Zur Morphologie Systematik und Hemianamorphose der Scutigeriden". Sitzungs-Berichten der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde, Berlin. 2: 9–60 [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 27 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 27 April 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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