Allothereua
| Allothereua | |
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| Allothereua maculata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scutigeromorpha |
| Family: | Scutigeridae |
| Genus: | Allothereua Verhoeff, 1905 |
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.[1] A 2009 study of scutigeromorph phylogeny found Allothereua to be polyphyletic; some species were more closely related to Parascutigera.[2] The genus name Allothereua comes from the Greek ἄλλος (állos) 'other' and θηρεύω (thēreúō) 'hunt'.[3]
Species
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- ↑ "Allothereua". Catalogue of Life. 26 August 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
- ↑ Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Giribet, Gonzalo (2009). "Phylogenetics of scutigeromorph centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) with implications for species delimitation and historical biogeography of the Australian and New Caledonian faunas" (PDF). Cladistics. 25 (4): 406–427. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2009.00253.x.
- ↑ Verhoeff does not explain the etymology in his publication: Verhoeff, Karl Wilhelm (1905). "Über Scutigeriden. 5. Aufsatz" [About Scutigeridae. 5th essay]. Zoologischer Anzeiger (in German): 73–103. Retrieved 21 June 2026. But he had already used the Greek verb θηρεύω (thēreúō) to name Thereuonema, another genus of Scutigeridae.
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