Otostigmus

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Otostigmus
Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) pococki (Northern Range, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago).jpg
Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) pococki
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Tribe: Otostigmini
Genus: Otostigmus
Porat, 1876 [1]
Subgenera [2]
  • Otostigmus (Dactylotergitus)Verhoeff, 1937
  • Otostigmus (Otostigmus) Porat, 1876
  • Otostigmus (Parotostigmus)Pocock, 1896
  • Otostigmus kerveilliKarsch, 1888 (incertae sedis)
Synonyms
  • BranchiotremaKöhlrausch, 1878


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]

Species

Selected species:

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References

  1. 1 2 Porat, CO von (1983). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Scolopendriden". Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg. 14: 51–74 [70].
  2. "Otostigmus Porat 1876 - Encyclopedia of Life".
  3. Siriwut, Warut; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Sutcharit, Chirasak; Panha, Somsak. "Brooding behaviour of the centipede Otostigmus spinosus Porat, 1876 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae) and its morphological variability in Thailand" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 62: 339.