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Hessebius

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Hessebius
Hessebius ruoergaiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Lithobiomorpha
Family: Lithobiidae
Genus: Hessebius
Verhoeff, 1941
Type species
Hessebius kosswigi
Verhoeff, 1941
Diversity
>18 species

Hessebius is a genus of centipedes belonging to the family Lithobiidae.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It is distributed in Asia (from the Middle East to Mongolia and southeast China) and North Africa.[2][3]

Species

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The Catalogue of Life lists 18 recognized species:[1]

The list does not include some recently described species, such as Hessebius crassifemoralis[7] and Hessebius yangi.[8]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Hessebius Verhoeff, 1941". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  2. 1 2 Ma, Huiqin; Lu, Yanmin; Liu, Haipeng; Hou, Xiaojie; Pei, Sujian (2018). "Hessebius luculentus, a new species of the genus Hessebius Verhoeff, 1941 from China (Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae)". ZooKeys. 741: 193–202. doi:10.3897/zookeys.741.20061. PMC 5904453. PMID 29706776. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. 1 2 Qiao, Penghai; Qin, Wen; Ma, Huiqin; Su, Jianping; Zhang, Tongzuo (2018). "Two new species of the genus Hessebius Verhoeff, 1941 from China (Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae)". ZooKeys. 735: 65–82. doi:10.3897/zookeys.735.22237. PMC 5904330. PMID 29674862. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  4. Farzalieva, G. Sh. (2017). "New species of the lithobiid genus Hessebius Verhoeff, 1941 (Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae) from eastern Kazakhstan". Entomological Review. 97: 136–142. doi:10.1134/S0013873817010146. S2CID 6876710.
  5. Ma, Huiqin; Pei, Sujian; Zhu, Mingsheng (2009). "A new species of the genus Hessebius Verhoeff, 1941 (Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae) from China". Entomological News. 120 (2): 195–200. doi:10.3157/021.120.0211. S2CID 85713102.
  6. Pei, Sujian; Ma, Huiqin; Zapparoli, Marzio; Zhu, Mingsheng (2010). "A review of the Chinese species of Hessebius Verhoeff, 1941 (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae)". Zootaxa. 2631: 51–61. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2631.1.4. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  7. Pei, Sujian; Ma, Huiqin; Lu, Yanmin; Liu, Haipeng; Liang, Kuijing (2021). "A new species of Hessebius Verhoeff, 1941 (Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae) from China with a key to species". Biodiversity Data Journal. 9. doi:10.3897/BDJ.9.e72336. PMC 8387307. PMID 34512096.
  8. Chao, Jui-Lung; Lee, Kwen-Shen; Chang, Hsueh-Wen (2025). "A new centipede of the genus Hessebius Verhoeff, 1941 from Southwestern China (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae)". Collection and Research. 37: 1–9. doi:10.6693/CAR.202501_(37).0001.