Otostigmus | |
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Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) pococki | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
Family: | Scolopendridae |
Tribe: | Otostigmini |
Genus: | Otostigmus Porat, 1876 [1] |
Subgenera [2] | |
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Synonyms | |
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Otostigmus is a genus of centipedes in the family Scolopendridae. It was first described by Swedish naturalist Carl Oscar von Porat in 1876. [1] The genus as a whole comprises around 120 species, found primarily in the Neotropics. [3]
Selected species:
Lithobius is a large genus of centipedes in the family Lithobiidae, commonly called stone centipedes, common centipedes or brown centipedes.
Scolopendridae is a family of large centipedes.
Cormocephalus is a genus of centipedes of the family Scolopendridae, containing the following species:
Scolopendra is a species-rich genus of large tropical centipedes of the family Scolopendridae.
Scolopendra calcarata is a species of centipede in the family Scolopendridae discovered in 1876.
Otostigmus scaber is a species of centipedes in the family Scolopendridae. The species is distributed in a broad range from Réunion and Australia's Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean, through South Asian countries to Taiwan, Vietnam and Hawaii.
Rhysida immarginata is a species of centipedes in the family Scolopendridae. The species has been found in Africa, in South America and in Sri Lanka.
Geophilus is a large, heterogeneous genus of soil centipedes in the family Geophilidae largely considered to be synonymous with Brachygeophilus. It is a mostly holarctic genus characterized by a claw-shaped ultimate pretarsus, anterior porefields, complete or nearly complete coxo-pleural sutures at the prosternum, and incomplete chitin-lines. Centipedes in this genus range from 1 cm to 8 cm in length. The generic name first appeared in Brewster's Edinburgh Encyclopaedia in 1814 as Geophilus electricus.
Hemiscolopendra is a genus of bark centipedes in the family Scolopendridae. There are about six described species in Hemiscolopendra, found in North, Central, and South America.
Ethmostigmus is a genus of centipedes of the family Scolopendridae, containing the following species:
Otostigmus astenus is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It was first described in 1878 by E. Köhlrausch.
Otostigmus tuberculatus is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It is endemic to Australia and was first described in 1878 by E. Köhlrausch.
Otostigmus ateles is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It is endemic to Australia and was first described in 1920 by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.
Otostigmus chiltoni is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described in 1921 by New Zealand zoologist Gilbert Archey.
Otostigmus greggi is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It was described in 1944 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.
Cormocephalus amphieurys is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It was described in 1878 by E. Köhlrausch.
Otostigmus multidens is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It was described in 1887 by German entomologist Erich Haase.
Otostigmus telus is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It was described in 1939 by American myriapodologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.
Paracryptops is a genus of centipedes in the family Cryptopidae. It was described in 1891 by British myriapodologist Reginald Innes Pocock.