Australobius is a genus of centipedes in the family Lithobiidae. It was described by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1920.[1][2]

Australobius
Australobius tracheoperspicuus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Lithobiidae
Genus: Australobius
Chamberlin, 1920[1]
Type species
Australobius scabrior
Chamberlin,1920
Synonyms
  • Burmobius Chamberlin, 1944
  • Tamulinus Attems, 1926
  • Australobius (Javobius) Chamberlin, 1944
  • Australobius (Malayobius) Chamberlin, 1938
  • Australobius (Novoguinobius) Wang, 1951
  • Australobius (Philippinobius) Wang, 1951

Species

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There are about 35 valid species:[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Chamberlin, RVI (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [75].
  2. ^ a b 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 14 March 2023.