Otostigmus ceylonicus

Otostigmus ceylonicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Scolopendromorpha
Family:	Scolopendridae
Genus:	Otostigmus
Species:	O. ceylonicus
Binomial name
	Otostigmus ceylonicus; Haase, 1887

Last updated April 13, 2025

Otostigmus ceylonicus is a species of centipedes in the family Scolopendridae.^[1] It is known only from Sri Lanka.^[2]

References

↑ Nagpal, Neelima; Kanwar, Usha (1981). "The poison gland in the centipede Otostigmus ceylonicus; Morphology and cytochemistry". Toxicon . 19 (6). Science Direct: 898–902. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(81)90088-X. PMID 7336453.
↑ Duminda S.B. Dissanayake; Lasanthika D Thewarage; Sriyani Wickramasinghe. "An annotated checklist of centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) of Sri Lanka". ResearchGate . Retrieved 19 December 2016.

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[1] Nagpal, Neelima; Kanwar, Usha (1981). "The poison gland in the centipede Otostigmus ceylonicus; Morphology and cytochemistry". Toxicon . 19 (6). Science Direct: 898–902. doi:10.1016/0041-0101(81)90088-X. PMID 7336453.

[2] Duminda S.B. Dissanayake; Lasanthika D Thewarage; Sriyani Wickramasinghe. "An annotated checklist of centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) of Sri Lanka". ResearchGate . Retrieved 19 December 2016.

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