Australobius scabrior is a species of centipede in the Lithobiidae family. It was first described in 1920 by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.[1][2]
| Australobius scabrior | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Lithobiomorpha |
| Family: | Lithobiidae |
| Genus: | Australobius |
| Species: | A. scabrior
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| Binomial name | |
| Australobius scabrior Chamberlin, 1920[1]
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Distribution
editThe species occurs in the eastern states of mainland Australia: Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.[3] The type locality is Kuranda, on the Atherton Tableland of north-eastern Queensland.[2]
Behaviour
editThe centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b Chamberlin, RVI (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 [76].
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Species Australobius scabrior Chamberlin, 1920". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
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