Introduction

Members of the Scutigeromorpha are characterised by a rounded head, 15 body segments which form a short, tapered, rounded body covered by eight large tergites (Lewis 1981: 31). Scutigerids are easily identified by their very long lateral antennae (antennae are frontal in other centipede orders) and 15 pairs of long legs which increase in length posteriorly. Scutigerids have large insect-like compound eyes as opposed to the simple ocelli of most other centipede species (Lewis 1981: 31; Hoffmann 1982: 681). A pair of Tömösváry organs (sensory organs) are located below the eyes on each side (Lewis 1981: 31).

Further differences between scutigeromorphs and the other orders include spiracles located on the tergites instead of on the pleurites, and neither the clypeus nor the head pleurites folded underneath (Lewis 1981: 31; Edgecombe 2001: 44). There is a sternite for each leg-bearing segment, but only seven tergites, due to the fusion of short tergites with the longer ones. The pleurites are weakly sclerotised (Lewis 1981: 35).

Other diagnostic features of the order are: The 1st maxillae similar to those of Lithobiomorpha. On the dorsal surface of the coxosternite are two distensible organs for cleaning of the legs and antennae. The 2nd maxillae have the coxosternite very narrow, and the telopodite consisting of four long slim segments, the first three of which have long spines; the last lacks a claw. The leg coxae are well developed and have a ventral spine, the trochanter is reduced. The tergite of the 1st male genital segment is membranous with a well-developed sternite. A pair of attenuate gonopods are attached to a trapezoidal structure. The 2nd genital segment also has similar processes on each side of a penis. The ventral part of the 1st genital segment is more strongly developed in the female than in the male. This part consists of a coxosternite with a central sternite and lateral coxites. Condyles present on the posterior border of each of the coxites join with the two-segmented gonopod. The second segment is not sclerotised (Lewis 1981: 36).

General References

Edgecombe, G. 2001. Centipedes: the great Australian bite. Nature Australia Autumn: 42-51

Giribet, G. & Edgecombe, G.D. 2013. Stable phylogenetic patterns in scutigeromorph centipedes (Myriapoda : Chilopoda : Scutigeromorpha): dating the diversification of an ancient lineage of terrestrial arthropods. Invertebrate Systematics 27: 485–501

Hoffmann, R.L. 1982. Chilopoda. pp. 681-688 in Parker, S. (ed.). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. New York : McGraw-Hill Vol. 2.

Lewis, J.G.E. 1981. The Biology of Centipedes. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press vii 476 pp.

History of changes

• Giribet, G. & Edgecombe, G.D. 2013. Stable phylogenetic patterns in scutigeromorph centipedes (Myriapoda : Chilopoda : Scutigeromorpha): dating the diversification of an ancient lineage of terrestrial arthropods. Invertebrate Systematics 27: 485–501

Introduction

Worldwide the family is divided between two subfamilies: the Scutigerinae which are found in the tropics, and the Scutigerininae, with two genera (Scutigerina Silvestri, 1903 and Madagassophora Verhoeff, 1936), found in Madagascar, Swaziland and South Africa (Hoffmann 1982: 681; Lawrence 1960: 103). The family has a predominantly tropical distribution, although they are also found in subtropical regions (Lewis 1981: 428). Eight genera and 20 species are recorded for Australia.

Scutigera coloeptrata, the house centipede, is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere and is believed to be introduced in Australia. The species is thought to be native to the Mediterranean region. It is commonly found in damp areas around houses, such as cellars and bathrooms (Lewis 1981: 401; Hoffmann 1982: 681).

See introduction to the order for diagnostic features of the Scutigeridae.

General References

Hoffmann, R.L. 1982. Chilopoda. pp. 681-688 in Parker, S. (ed.). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. New York : McGraw-Hill Vol. 2.

Lawrence, R.F. 1960. Myriapodes Chilopodes. Tananarive : Institute de Recherche Scientifique Vol. 12 123 pp.

Lewis, J.G.E. 1981. The Biology of Centipedes. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press vii 476 pp.

History of changes

History of changes

• Scutigera Lamarck, J.B. 1801. Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou, tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaus; présentant leurs caractères essentials et leur distribution, d'après la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; précéde du Discours d'ouverture de l'an VIII de la République. Paris : Déterville viii 432 pp. [182].

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Nearctic Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

History of changes

• Scutigera coleoptrata Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [637].

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

Introduced from Mediterranean region?.

Ecological Descriptors

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

General References

Eason, E.H. 1964. Centipedes of the British Isles. London : Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd x 294 pp. [266] (distribution)

Mesibov, R. 1986. A Guide to Tasmanian Centipedes. Hobart : R. Mesibov 64 pp. [16]

Common Name References

Mesibov, R. 1986. A Guide to Tasmanian Centipedes. Hobart : R. Mesibov 64 pp. [16] (Domestic Quickfoot, House Centipede)

History of changes

History of changes

• Allothereua Verhoeff, K.W. 1905. Über Scutigeriden, 5. Aufsatz. Zoologischer Anzeiger 29: 73-119.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal
• Papua New Guinea

History of changes

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Steinläufer Lithobiiden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 91: 124-158

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Allothereua bidenticulata linderi Fahlander, K. 1939. Chilopoden aus Australien und Tasmanien. Arkiv för Zoologi 31B(1): 1-4.

Distribution

States

Victoria

IBRA

Vic: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Allothereua bidenticulata vittata Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [17].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

General References

Fahlander, K. 1939. Chilopoden aus Australien und Tasmanien. Arkiv för Zoologi 31B(1): 1-4 [2] (distribution)

History of changes

• Allothereua caeruleata Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [19].

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: S Gulfs

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Scutigera lesueurii Lucas, H. 1840. Histoire naturelle des Animaux Articules: Crustaces, Arachnides, Myriapodes et hexapodes. Paris : Imprimerie Nationals Vol. 1 pp. 403-590. [538].

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Western Australia: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

General References

Chamberlin, R.V. 1920. The Myriopoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 64(1): 1-269 [80] (as Allothereua lesueuri)

Haase, E. 1887. Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. Pt I. Chilopoden. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 5: 1-118 [21 pl. 2 fig. 35] (as Scutigera lesuerii; distribution)

Harvey, M.S. & Waldock, J.M. 1991. Ecological survey of Abydos-Woodstock Reserve, Western Australia. 6. Arachnid and myriapod fauna. Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. 37: 126-133 [133] (as Allothereua lesueuri; distribution)

History of changes

• Cermatia maculata Newport, G. 1844. A list of the species of Myriapoda, order Chilopoda, contained in the cabinets of the British Museum, with synoptic descriptions of forty seven new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13: 94-101 [96].
• Cermatia latreillei Newport, G. 1845. Monograph of the class Myriapoda, order Chilopoda. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 19: 349-439 [359].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Victoria: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

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

General References

Attems, C.G. 1911. Myriopoda exkl. Scolopendridae. pp. 147-165 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fisher Vol. 3, Lief. 6. [150] (as Scutigera maculata; distribution)

Brölemann, H.W. 1912. The Myriapoda in the Australian Museum. Part I. Chilopoda. Records of the Australian Museum 9: 37-75 [37 figs 1-3] (as Scutigera maculata; distribution)

Chamberlin, R.V. 1920. The Myriopoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 64(1): 1-269 [80] (as Allotheura maculata)

Daday, E. 1891. Myriapoda extranea collectionis zoologicae Universitatis Heidelbergensis. Természetrajzi Füzetek 14: 135-154 [192] (as Scutigera maculata; distribution)

Haase, E. 1887. Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. Pt I. Chilopoden. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 5: 1-118 [23 pl. 2 fig. 36] (as Scutigera maculata; distribution)

Harvey, M.S. & Waldock, J.M. 1991. Ecological survey of Abydos-Woodstock Reserve, Western Australia. 6. Arachnid and myriapod fauna. Records of the Western Australian Museum Suppl. 37: 126-133 [133] (as Allothereua maculata; distribution)

McKeown, K.C. 1930. Centipedes and centipede bites. Australian Museum Magazine 4(2): 59-60 [60] (as Allotheura maculata; emarked that this species, together with Ethmostigmus rubripes and Scolopendra morsitans, is the most common centipede sent to the Australian Museum for information and identification)

Newport, G. 1845. Monograph of the class Myriapoda, order Chilopoda. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 19: 349-439 [359] (as Cermatia maculata; distribution)

Pocock, R.I. 1898. Report on the centipedes and millipedes obtained by Dr Willey in the Loyalty Islands, New Britain and elsewhere. pp. 59-68 in Willey, A. (ed.). Zoological Results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and elsewhere, collected during the years 1895, 96 and 97 (Part 1). Cambridge : Publisher unknown. [60] (as Scutigera maculata; Papua New Guinea distribution)

Pocock, R.I. 1901. The Chilopoda or centipedes of the Australian continent. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7(8): 451-463 [451] (as Scutigera maculata; distribution)

Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [15 fig. 16] (as Allotheura maculata; distribution)

History of changes

• Allothereua serrulata Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [16 figs 2, 9].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Scutigera simplex Haase, E. 1887. Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. Pt I. Chilopoden. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologische-Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden 5: 1-118 [26 pl. 1 fig. 29].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

IBRA

NSW, SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs

Ecological Descriptors

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

General References

Chamberlin, R.V. 1920. The Myriopoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 64(1): 1-269 [80] (Allothereua (?) simplex)

History of changes

• Parascutigera Verhoeff, K.W. 1904. Über Gattungen der Spinnenasseln (Scutigeriden). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1904: 245-285 [257].

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

History of changes

• Parascutigera aculeata Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [27].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Parascutigera guttata Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [22 fig. 4].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Parascutigera mjobergi Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [25].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Parascutigera noduligera Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [24 figs 3, 10].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Parascutigera sphinx Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [26].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Parascutigera spinulata Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [28].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Parascutigera viridula Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [23].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Pesvarus Würmli, M. 1974. Pesvarus pachypus n.gen. n.sp., eine neue Scutigereidae (Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha, Scutigeridae) aus Australien. Zoologischer Anzeiger 192(1/2): 138-146 [138].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

History of changes

• Pesvarus pachypus Würmli, M. 1974. Pesvarus pachypus n.gen. n.sp., eine neue Scutigereidae (Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha, Scutigeridae) aus Australien. Zoologischer Anzeiger 192(1/2): 138-146 [139].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Pilbarascutigera Edgecombe, G.D. & Barrow, L. 2007. A new genus of scutigerid centipedes (Chilopoda) from Western Australia, with new characters for morphological phylogenetics of Scutigeromorpha. Zootaxa 1409: 23–50 [25].

  Type species:

   Allothereua incola Verhoeff, 1925 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

History of changes

• Allothereua incola Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [18 fig. 1].

Generic Combinations

• Pilbarascutigera incola (Verhoeff, 1925). —
  Edgecombe, G.D. & Barrow, L. 2007. A new genus of scutigerid centipedes (Chilopoda) from Western Australia, with new characters for morphological phylogenetics of Scutigeromorpha. Zootaxa 1409: 23–50 [26]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Prionopodella Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [32].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

History of changes

• Prionopodella pectinigera Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [32 fig. 12].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Prothereua Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [33].

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

History of changes

• Prothereua annulata Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [34 fig. 11].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Thereuopoda Verhoeff, K.W. 1904. Über Gattungen der Spinnenasseln (Scutigeriden). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1904: 245-285 [275].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

History of changes

• Scolopendra longicornis Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae : C.G. Proft Vol. 2 390 pp.
• Thereuopoda venator Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [37].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Würmli, M. 1979. Taxonomic problems in the genus Thereupoda (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha: Scutigeridae): the role of postmaturational moultings. pp. 39-48 in Camatini, M. (ed.). Myriapod Biology. London : Academic Press. [47]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

History of changes

• Thereuopodina Verhoeff, K.W. 1905. Über Scutigeriden, 5. Aufsatz. Zoologischer Anzeiger 29: 73-119 [102].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

History of changes

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

General References

Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [30 fig. 13] (distribution)

History of changes

• Thereuopodina queenslandica simplex Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [31].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

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

General References

Verhoeff, K.W. 1925. Results of Dr E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 39. Chilopoda. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(3): 1-62 [31] (distribution)

History of changes