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