| Tuoba laticeps | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Geophilidae |
| Genus: | Tuoba |
| Species: | T. laticeps |
| Binomial name | |
| Tuoba laticeps | |
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Tuoba laticeps is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1891 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock.[1][2]
Description
This species is orange yellow throughout and can reach up to 23 mm in length. Males of this species have 43 to 59 pairs of legs; females have 45 to 59 leg pairs.[3]
Distribution
The species occurs in Western Australia and Tasmania.[4] The type locality is King Island in Bass Strait.[2]
Behaviour
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[4]
References
- 1 2 Pocock, RI (1891). "Descriptions of some new Geophilidae in the collection of the British Museum". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (8): 215–227 [220].
- 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) - ↑ 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.
- 1 2 "Species Tuoba laticeps (Pocock, 1891)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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