Podothereua is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Scutigeridae. It was described in 1905 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff. Its sole species is Podothereua insularum Verhoeff, 1905.[1][2]

Podothereua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scutigeromorpha
Family: Scutigeridae
Genus: Podothereua
Verhoeff, 1905[1]
Type species
Podothereua insularum
Verhoeff, 1905

Distribution edit

The species occurs in New Britain, in the Bismarck Archipelago. The type locality is Ralum, Kokopo.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Verhoeff, CW (1905). "Zur Morphologie Systematik und Hemianamorphose der Scutigeriden". Sitzungs-Berichten der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde, Berlin. 2: 9–60 [12].
  2. ^ 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 27 April 2023.
  3. ^ 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 27 April 2023.