Ballonema
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scutigeromorpha
Family: Scutigeridae
Genus: Ballonema
Verhoeff, 1904[1]
Type species
Ballonema gracilipes
Verhoeff, 1904

Ballonema is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Scutigeridae. It was described in 1904 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff. Its sole species is Ballonema gracilipes Verhoeff, 1904.[1][2]

Distribution

The species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Astrolabe Bay, Papua New Guinea.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Verhoeff, CW (1904). "Über Gattungen der Spinnensseln (Scutigeriden)". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. [1904]: 245–285 [257].
  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 19 April 2023.
  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 19 April 2023.


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