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Arthrorhabdus

Arthrorhabdus
Arthrorhabdus pygmaeus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Subfamily: Scolopendrinae
Genus: Arthrorhabdus
Pocock, 1891
Type species
Arthrorhabdus formosus
Pocock, 1891
Synonyms

Arthrorhabdinus Verhoeff, 1907

Arthrorhabdus, from the Greek ἄρθρον, a joint, and ῥάβδος, a staff, is a genus of Scolopendrid centipede in the subfamily Scolopendrinae.[1][2][3][4] Species are found in Mexico and the Southern United States (A. pygmaeus), Australia (A. paucispinus & A. mjöbergi), and South Africa (A. formosus).[5][6] Since a reapprasial in the genus in 2010, the genus only has four species.[3][6] It may be polyphyletic.[2][6]

  1. ^ The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology. Vol. 7. London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. 1891.
  2. ^ a b Shelley, R.M. & Chagas-Jr, Amazonas. (2004). The centipede genus Arthrorhabdus Pocock, 1891, in the Western hemisphere: Potential occurrence of A-pygmaeus (Pocock, 1895) in Belize (Scolopendromorpha : Scolopendridae : Scolopendrinae). Western North American Naturalist. 64. 532-537.
  3. ^ a b ".:CHILOBASE:". chilobase.biologia.unipd.it. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  4. ^ "ADW: Arthrorhabdus: CLASSIFICATION". animaldiversity.org. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
  5. ^ South African Museum.; Museum, South African (1928). Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Vol. 26. Cape Town: South African Museum.
  6. ^ a b c Lewis, John G.E. (2010-05-01). "A key and annotated list of the Scolopendra species of the Old World with a reappraisal of Arthrorhabdus (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae)". International Journal of Myriapodology. 3 (1): 83–122. doi:10.1163/187525410x12578602960380. ISSN 1875-2535. S2CID 84805541.

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