Prionopodella is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Scutigeridae. It is endemic to Australia, with the type locality being Colosseum in the Gladstone Region of Queensland. It was described by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1925. Its sole species is Prionopodella pectinigera Verhoeff, 1925.[1][2]

Prionopodella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scutigeromorpha
Family: Scutigeridae
Genus: Prionopodella
Verhoeff, 1925[1]
Type species
Prionopodella pectinigera
Verhoeff, 1925

References

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  1. ^ a b Verhoeff, KW (1925). "Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 39. Chilopoda". Arkiv för Zoologi. 17A (3): 1–62 [32].
  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 18 March 2023.