Ballonema
| Ballonema | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scutigeromorpha |
| Family: | Scutigeridae |
| Genus: | Ballonema Verhoeff, 1904[1] |
| Type species | |
| Ballonema gracilipes Verhoeff, 1904 | |
Ballonema is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Scutigeridae. It was described in 1904 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff. Its sole species is Ballonema gracilipes Verhoeff, 1904.[1][2]
Distribution
[edit]The species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Astrolabe Bay, Papua New Guinea.[3]
Etymology
[edit]From the Greek βάλλω (bállō) 'throw' and νῆμα (nêma) 'thread': 'thread thrower'.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Verhoeff, CW (1904). "Über Gattungen der Spinnensseln (Scutigeriden)". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. [1904]: 245–285 [257].
- ↑ 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 19 April 2023.
- ↑ 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 19 April 2023.
- ↑ Verhoeff, Karl Wilhelm (1904). "Ueber Gattungen der Spinnenasseln (Scutigeridae)" [About genera of house centipedes (Scutigeridae)]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin (in German): 257. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
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