Biology:Ballonema
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Ballonema is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Scutigeridae. It was described in 1904 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff. Its sole species is Ballonema gracilipes Verhoeff, 1904.[1][2]
Distribution
The species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Astrolabe Bay, Papua New Guinea.[3]
Etymology
From the Greek βάλλω (bállō) 'throw' and νῆμα (nêma) 'thread': 'thread thrower'.[4]
References
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedverhoeff1904 - ↑ Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_genres/31. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ↑ Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it/searches/result_species/1239. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ↑ Verhoeff, Karl Wilhelm (1904). "Ueber Gattungen der Spinnenasseln (Scutigeridae)" (in German). Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin: 257. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/32676. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
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