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Thereuopoda longicornis

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Species of centipede

Thereuopoda longicornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scutigeromorpha
Family: Scutigeridae
Genus: Thereuopoda
Species: T. longicornis
Binomial name
Thereuopoda longicornis
(Fabricius, 1793)

Thereuopoda longicornis, also known as the long-legged centipede, is a species of centipede in the Scutigeridae family. It was first described in 1793 by Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius.

Distribution

The species has a wide range through southern and south-eastern Asia, extending to Queensland in north-eastern Australia.

Behaviour

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

References

  1. ^ Fabricius, JC (1793). Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 2. Hafniae (Copenhagen). pp. 519 .
  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 19 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Species Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Thereuopoda longicornis


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