Tuoba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Tuoba
Chamberlin, 1920[1]
Type species
Tuoba curticeps
Chamberlin,1920
Synonyms
  • Honuaphilus Chamberlin, 1926
  • Nesogeophilus Verhoeff, 1924

Tuoba is a genus of 17 species of centipedes, in the family Geophilidae. It was described by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1920.[2]

Description

Centipedes in this genus range from 2 cm to 5 cm in length, have 39 to 73 pairs of legs, and are found in coastal regions and islands in the Mediterranean and in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.[3] The small species Tuoba sydneyensis can have as few as 39 leg pairs, the minimum number found in this genus.[4] The species T. xylophaga is notable for its large size (reaching 45 mm in length) and its many legs (from 57 to 67 leg pairs).[4]

Species

Valid species:[2]

  • Tuoba ashmoleorum Lewis, 1996
  • Tuoba baeckstroemi (Verhoeff K.W., 1924)
  • Tuoba benoiti (Matic & Darabantu, 1977)
  • Tuoba culebrae (Silvestri, 1908)
  • Tuoba hartmeyeri (Attems, 1911)
  • Tuoba japonicus (Fahlander, 1935)
  • Tuoba kozuensis (Takakuwa, 1934)
  • Tuoba laticeps (Pocock, 1891)
  • Tuoba laticollis (Attems, 1903)
  • Tuoba littoralis (Takakuwa, 1934)
  • Tuoba pallida Jones, 1998
  • Tuoba poseidonis (Verhoeff, 1901)
  • Tuoba sudanensis (Lewis, 1963)
  • Tuoba sydneyensis (Pocock, 1891)
  • Tuoba tiosianus (Takakuwa, 1934)
  • Tuoba xylophaga (Attems, 1903)
  • Tuoba zograffi (Brölemann, 1900)

References

  1. ↑ Chamberlin, RV (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [35].
  2. 1 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 1 March 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Bonato, Lucio; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Zapparoli, Marzio (2011). "Chilopoda – Taxonomic overview". In Minelli, Alessandro (ed.). The Myriapoda. Volume 1. Leiden: Brill. pp. 363–443. ISBN 978-90-04-18826-6. OCLC 812207443.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  4. 1 2 Jones, R.E. (1998). "On the species of Tuoba (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and New Britain" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. 18: 333–346.
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