Biology:Prothereua

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Short description: Genus of centipedes

Prothereua
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scutigeromorpha
Family: Scutigeridae
Genus: Prothereua
Verhoeff, 1925[1]
Type species
Prothereua annulata
Verhoeff, 1925

Prothereua is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Scutigeridae. It is endemic to Australia , with the type locality being Perth in south-west Western Australia. It was described by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff in 1925. Its sole species is Prothereua annulata Verhoeff, 1925.[1][2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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 [33]. 
  2. 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/47. Retrieved 19 March 2023. 

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