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Genus of centipedes
Ethmostigmus is a genus of
centipedes in the family
Scolopendridae found in Africa, Asia, and
Oceania that is characterised by its large, rounded
spiracles .
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Distribution and habitat
This genus is widely distributed, with its members being found in tropical and warm temperate regions of Africa, Asia (particularly Southeast Asia and the
Indian subcontinent ), and Oceania (particularly Australia,
Melanesia , and
Polynesia ).
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Species
This genus includes the following species:
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Gallery
E. rubripes photographed in Queensland, Australia
E. trignopodus photographed in
South Africa
E. trignopodus , possibly the subspecies E. trignopodus pygmenasoides
Unidentified
Ethmostigmus photographed in
Kerala , India.
E. rubripes from Queensland, Australia with ruler for scale
E. trigonopodus photographed in
Tanzania
References
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d Bonato, Lucio; Chagas Junior, Amazonas; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Lewis, John G. E.; Minelli, Alessandro; Pereira, Luis A.; Shelley, Rowland M.; Stoev, Pavel; Zapparoli, Marzio (2016).
"Ethmostigmus Pocock, 1898" . ChiloBase 2.0 – A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda) .
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b Joshi, Jahnavi; Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2018). "Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the centipede genus Ethmostigmus Pocock (Chilopoda : Scolopendromorpha) from peninsular India". Invertebrate Systematics . 32 (6).
CSIRO Publishing : 1316–1335.
doi :
10.1071/is18030 .
S2CID
92607969 .
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b Koch, Lucien E. (1983). "A Taxonomic Study of the Centipede Genus Ethmostigmus Pocock (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae: Otostigminae) in Australia".
Australian Journal of Zoology . 31 (5).
CSIRO Publishing : 835–849.
doi :
10.1071/ZO9830835 .
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"Ethmostigmus" at the
Encyclopedia of Life