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Tuoba laticeps

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Tuoba laticeps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Tuoba
Species:
T. laticeps
Binomial name
Tuoba laticeps
(Pocock, 1891)[1]
Synonyms
  • Geophilus laticeps Pocock, 1891
  • Geophilus hartmeyeri Attems, 1911
  • Geophilus hartmeyeri Attems, 1914

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

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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

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The species occurs in Western Australia and Tasmania.[4] The type locality is King Island in Bass Strait.[2]

Behaviour

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The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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].
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "Species Tuoba laticeps (Pocock, 1891)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2023.