Thereuopoda longicornis, also known as the long-legged centipede, is a species of centipede in the Scutigeridae family. It was first described in 1793 by Danish zoologist Johan Christian Fabricius.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scutigeromorpha |
| Family: | Scutigeridae |
| Genus: | Thereuopoda |
| Species: | T. longicornis
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| Thereuopoda longicornis | |
Distribution edit
The species has a wide range through southern and south-eastern Asia, extending to Queensland in north-eastern Australia.[3][2]
Behaviour edit
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Fabricius, JC (1793). Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Vol. 2. Hafniae (Copenhagen). pp. 519 [390].
- ^ a b 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 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Species Thereuopoda longicornis (Fabricius, 1793)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
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