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Allothereua
Sign in to saveAllothereua is a genus of scutigeromorph centipedes containing 9 species ranging from Central Asia (Kazakhstan and Nepal) to the Philippines to Australia, where at least six species are found. A 2009 study of scutigeromorph phylogeny found Allothereua to be polyphyletic; some species were more closely related to Parascutigera.
Species
Australian House Centipede
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassChilopoda
- OrderScutigeromorpha
- FamilyScutigeridae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 47
- Family
- Scutigeridae
- Collections
- NMV, MCZ, AM, WAM
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- Parent taxon
- Scutigeridae
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Allothereua is a genus of scutigeromorph centipedes containing 9 species ranging from Central Asia (Kazakhstan and Nepal) to the Philippines to Australia, where at least six species are found. A 2009 study of scutigeromorph phylogeny found Allothereua to be polyphyletic; some species were more closely related to Parascutigera.
==Species== Allothereua bidenticulata Verhoeff, 1925 - Australia Allothereua caeruleata Verhoeff, 1925 - Australia Allothereua incola Verhoeff, 1925 - Australia Allothereua kirgisorum Lignau, 1929 - Kazakhstan Allothereua lesueurii (Lucas, 1840) - Australia Allothereua maculata (Newport, 1844) - Australia Allothereua manila Chamberlin, 1944 - Philippines Allothereua serrulata Verhoeff, 1925 - Australia Allothereua wilsonae Dobroruka, 1979 - Nepal
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