Parascutigera guttata

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.^[1]^[2]

Distribution

The species occurs in Queensland.^[3] The type locality is Cedar Creek (now Ravenshoe) on the Atherton Tableland.^[2]

Behaviour

The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.^[3]

References

^ ^1.0 ^1.1 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 [27].
^ ^2.0 ^2.1 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.
^ ^3.0 ^3.1 "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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[verhoeff1925-1] 1.0 ^1.1 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 [27].

[chilobase-2] 2.0 ^2.1 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.

[afd-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "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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