Podothereua
| Podothereua | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scutigeromorpha |
| Family: | Scutigeridae |
| Genus: | Podothereua Verhoeff, 1905[1] |
| Type species | |
| Podothereua insularum Verhoeff, 1905 | |
Podothereua is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Scutigeridae. It was described in 1905 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff. Its sole species is Podothereua insularum Verhoeff, 1905.[1][2]
Distribution
The species occurs in New Britain, in the Bismarck Archipelago. The type locality is Ralum, Kokopo.[3]
Etymology
From the Greek πούς (poús), ποδός (podόs) 'leg' and θηρεύω (thēreúō) 'hunt'.[4]
References
- 1 2 Verhoeff, CW (1905). "Zur Morphologie Systematik und Hemianamorphose der Scutigeriden". Sitzungs-Berichten der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde, Berlin. 2: 9–60 [12].
- ↑ 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 27 April 2023.
- ↑ 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 27 April 2023.
- ↑ Verhoeff does not explain the etymology in his publication, but he had already used the Greek verb θηρεύω (thēreúō) to name Thereuonema, another genus of Scutigeridae.