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Otostigmus

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Otostigmus
Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) pococki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Tribe: Otostigmini
Genus: Otostigmus
Porat, 1876[1]
Type species
Otostigmus carinatus
Porat, 1876[2]
Subgenera
  • Otostigmus (Dactylotergitius) Verhoeff, 1937[3]
  • Otostigmus (Otostigmus) Porat, 1876[4]
  • Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) Pocock, 1895[5]
Synonyms[2]
  • Branchiotrema Köhlrausch, 1878

Otostigmus is a genus of centipedes in the family Scolopendridae. It was first described by Swedish naturalist Carl Oscar von Porat in 1876.[1] The genus as a whole comprises around 157 species, found primarily in the Neotropics.[6]

Species

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Subgenus (Otostigmus)

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Subgenus (Dactylotergitius)

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Subgenus (Parotostigmus)

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Taxa with uncertain position

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Etymology

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The genus name comes from Ancient Greek οὖς (oûs), meaning 'ear', and στίγμα (stígma), meaning 'brand'.[citation needed]

References

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  1. 1 2 Porat, CO von (1983). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Scolopendriden". Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg. 14: 51–74 [70].
  2. 1 2 Bonato, Lucio; Chagas Junior, Amazonas; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Lewis, John G. E.; Minelli, Alessandro; Pereira, Luis A.; Shelley, Rowland M.; Stoev, Pavel; Zapparoli, Marzio (2016). "Otostigmus Porat, 1876". ChiloBase 2.0 – A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  3. Bonato, Lucio; Chagas Junior, Amazonas; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Lewis, John G. E.; Minelli, Alessandro; Pereira, Luis A.; Shelley, Rowland M.; Stoev, Pavel; Zapparoli, Marzio (2016). "Otostigmus (Dactylotergitius) Verhoeff, 1937". ChiloBase 2.0 – A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  4. Bonato, Lucio; Chagas Junior, Amazonas; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Lewis, John G. E.; Minelli, Alessandro; Pereira, Luis A.; Shelley, Rowland M.; Stoev, Pavel; Zapparoli, Marzio (2016). "Otostigmus (Otostigmus) Porat, 1876". ChiloBase 2.0 – A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  5. Bonato, Lucio; Chagas Junior, Amazonas; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Lewis, John G. E.; Minelli, Alessandro; Pereira, Luis A.; Shelley, Rowland M.; Stoev, Pavel; Zapparoli, Marzio (2016). "Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) Pocock, 1895". ChiloBase 2.0 – A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  6. Siriwut, Warut; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Sutcharit, Chirasak; Panha, Somsak. "Brooding behaviour of the centipede Otostigmus spinosus Porat, 1876 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae) and its morphological variability in Thailand". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 62: 339.