Dichelobius etnaensis

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Dichelobius etnaensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Henicopidae
Genus: Dichelobius
Species:
D. etnaensis
Binomial name
Dichelobius etnaensis
Edgecombe & Giribet, 2004 [1]

Dichelobius etnaensis is a species of centipede in the Henicopidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was first described in 2004. [1] [2]

Distribution

The species occurs in eastern Central Queensland. The type locality is the Cammoo Caves in the Mount Etna Caves National Park, near Rockhampton. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Edgecombe, GD; Giribet, G (2004). "Molecular phylogeny of Australasian anopsobiine centipedes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha)". Invertebrate Systematics. 18: 235–249 [243].
  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 6 March 2023.