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Parascutigera guttata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Scutigeromorpha
Family:	Scutigeridae
Genus:	Parascutigera
Species:	P. guttata
Binomial name
Parascutigera guttata Verhoeff, 1925
Synonyms
Parascutigera aculeata Verhoeff, 1925 Parascutigera mjoebergi Verhoeff, 1925 Parascutigera noduligera Verhoeff, 1925 Parascutigera spinulata Verhoeff, 1925 Parascutigera viridula Verhoeff, 1925

Parascutigera guttata is a species of centipede in the Scutigeridae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was first described in 1925 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff.

Distribution

The species occurs in Queensland. The type locality is Cedar Creek (now Ravenshoe) on the Atherton Tableland.

Behaviour

The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.

References

1. ^ Verhoeff, KW (1925). "Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 39. Chilopoda". Arkiv för Zoologi. 17A (3): 1–62 .
2. ^ 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 17 March 2023.
3. ^ "Species Parascutigera guttata Verhoeff, 1925". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

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