Species Tuoba sydneyensis (Pocock, 1891)
- Geophilus sydneyensis Pocock, R.I. 1891. Descriptions of some new Geophilidae in the collections of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 8(45): 215-227 [219 pl. 12 figs 5, 5a, 5b].
- Geophilus hartmeyeri Attems, C.G. 1914. Die Indo-Australischen Myriopoden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 80: 1-398 [127].
- Tuoba curticeps Chamberlin, R.V. 1920. The Myriopoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 64(1): 1-269 [35].
- Algerophilus leptochilus Brölemann, H.W. 1931. Myriapodes recuillis par Madame Pruvot en Nouvelle Calédonie et Aux Loyalty. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 72: 275-628 [311].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Crabill, R.E. 1968. On the true identities of Tuoba and Nesogeophilus (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 70(4): 345
- Jones, R.E. 1998. On the species of Tuoba (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and New Britain. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 333-346 [334] (Tuoba curticeps, Algerophilus leptochilus)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal
- New Caledonia
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
Ecological Descriptors
Litter, marine, predator, soil dweller, solitary, terrestrial.
General References
Attems, C.G. 1903. Synopsis der Geophiliden. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 18: 155-302 [262] (as Geophilus (Aporophilus) sydneyensis)
Attems, C.G. 1914. Die Indo-Australischen Myriopoden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 80: 1-398 [133] (Geophilus sydneyensis)
Attems, C.G. 1929. Myriapoda. 1. Geophilomorpha. Das Tierreich, Lief. 52. Berlin : Walter de Gruyter & Co. 388 pp. [186, 326, 338] (Geophilus sydneyensis, Nesogeophilus hartmeyeri, Tuoba curticeps)
Attems, C.G. 1947. Neue Geophilomorpha des Wiener Museums. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 55: 50-149 [118] (Nesogeophilus hartmeyeri, Nesogeophilus leptochilus)
Brölemann, H.W. 1931. Myriapodes recuillis par Madame Pruvot en Nouvelle Calédonie et Aux Loyalty. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 72: 275-628 [314] (Algerophilus hartmeyeri)
Chamberlin, R.V. 1920. The Myriopoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 64(1): 1-269 [35, 54, 63] (Geophilus (?) sydneyensis, Geophilus hartmeyeri; distribution)
Crabill, R.E. 1968. On the true identities of Tuoba and Nesogeophilus (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 70(4): 345 [345] (as Tuoba sydneyensis)
Demange, J.M. 1963. Myriapodes récoltés en Nouvelle Calédonie par M.Y. Plessis et description d'un cas tératologique. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [published 1895-1906] 2 35(1): 85-89 [87] (Nesogeophilus leptochilus; distribution)
Jones, R.E. 1998. On the species of Tuoba (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and New Britain. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 333-346 [334 figs 1-11] (as Tuoba sydneyensis; distribution)
Pocock, R.I. 1901. The Chilopoda or centipedes of the Australian continent. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7(8): 451-463 [461] (as Necrophloeopagus sydneyensis)
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |