Parascutigera peluda is a species of centipede in the Scutigeridae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was first described in 2009 by Gregory Edgecombe.[1][2]
Parascutigera peluda | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Scutigeromorpha |
Family: | Scutigeridae |
Genus: | Parascutigera |
Species: | P. peluda
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Binomial name | |
Parascutigera peluda |
Distribution
editThe species occurs in Queensland. The type locality is Mahogany Forest, Mount Moffatt National Park, Central Queensland.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Edgecombe, GD (2009). "A new species of Parascutigera (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha) from Queensland, Australia". International Journal of Myriapodology. 2: 155–166.
- ^ 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 18 March 2023.