Species Cormocephalus turneri Pocock, 1901

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Species Cormocephalus turneri Pocock, 1901

Cormocephalus turneri Pocock, R.I. 1901. The Chilopoda or centipedes of the Australian continent. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7(8): 451-463 [456].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Litter, predator, soil dweller, solitary, terrestrial, under bark.

General References

Attems, C.G. 1930. Myriapoda. 2. Scolopendromorpha. Das Tierreich. Berlin : Walter de Gruyter & Co. Vol. Lief. 54 308 pp. [72] (Cormocephalus (Cormocephalus) rubriceps turneri, Cormocephalus (Cormocephalus) rubriceps var. turneri, Cormocephalus (Cormocephalus) rubriceps turneri var. yalgooensis)

Chamberlin, R.V. 1920. The Myriopoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 64(1): 1-269 [29]

Koch, L.E. 1983. Revision of the Australian centipedes of the genus Cormocephalus Newport (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae: Scolopendrinae). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 799-833 [824 fig. 21] (distribution)

Kraepelin, K. 1908. Scolopendridae. pp. 105-128 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Band 2, Lieferung 8. Jena : Gustav Fischer. [115] (Cormocephalus turneri yalgooensis)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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