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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scutigeromorpha |
| Family: | Scutigeridae |
| Genus: | Allothereua |
| Species: | A. lesueurii
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| Allothereua lesueurii | |
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Allothereua lesueurii is a species of centipede in the Scutigeridae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was first described in 1840 by French entomologist Hippolyte Lucas. [1] [2]
Distribution
The species occurs in Queensland and Western Australia. [3]
Behaviour
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil. [3]
References
- ^ a b Lucas, H (1840). Histoire naturelle des Animaux Articules: Crustaces, Arachnides, Myriapodes et hexapodes. Vol. 1. Paris: Imprimerie Nationals. p. 538.
- ^ 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 16 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Species Allothereua lesueurii (Lucas, 1840)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2023.
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