Bothropolys papuanus is a species of centipede in the Lithobiidae family. It was described in 1914 by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems.[1][2]
| Bothropolys papuanus | |
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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: | Bothropolys |
| Species: | B. papuanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bothropolys papuanus | |
Distribution
editThe species occurs in New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The type locality is Ralum.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Attems, C (1914). "Die indo-australischen Myriopoden". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 80A: 1–398 [98].
- ^ 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 20 April 2023.
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