Australobius viduus

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Australobius viduus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Lithobiidae
Genus: Australobius
Species:
A. viduus
Binomial name
Australobius viduus
Attems, 1932 [1]

Australobius viduus is a species of centipede in the Lithobiidae family. It was described in 1932 by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems. [1] [2]

Distribution

The species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Angi Gita Lake, in the Arfak Mountains of the Bird's Head Peninsula. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Attems, C (1932). "Myriopoden. Résultats scientifique du voyage aux Indes Orientales Néederlandaises de LL. AA. RR. le Prince et la Princesse Léopold de Belgique". Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique. 3 (12): 1–34 [34].
  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 17 April 2023.