Steneurytion incisunguis is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It is endemic to Australia, and was first described in 1911 by Austrian myriapodologist Carl Attems.[1][2]
Steneurytion incisunguis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Geophilomorpha |
Family: | Geophilidae |
Genus: | Steneurytion |
Species: | S. incisunguis
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Binomial name | |
Steneurytion incisunguis | |
Synonyms | |
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Description
editThe original description of this species was based on a specimen measuring 24 mm in length with 51 pairs of legs.[1]
Distribution
editThe species occurs in south-west Western Australia.[3]
Behaviour
editThe centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Attems, CG (1911). Michaelsen, W; Hartymeyer, R (eds.). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Vol. 3. Jena: Gustav Fisher. pp. 147–165.
- ^ 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 22 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Species Eurytion incisunguis Attems, 1911". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2023.