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Tuoba tiosianus

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Tuoba tiosianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Genus: Tuoba
Species:
T. tiosianus
Binomial name
Tuoba tiosianus
(Takakuwa, 1934)[1]
Synonyms
  • Nesogeophilus tiosianus Verhoeff, 1924

Tuoba tiosianus is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family, described in 1934 by Japanese myriapodologist Yosioki Takakuwa.[1][2]

Description

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The original description of this species is based on a female specimen measuring 20 mm in length with 53 pairs of legs.[1]

Distribution

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The species occurs in Micronesia. The type locality is Tiba, Kapingamarangi, Pohnpei.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Takakuwa, Y (1934). "Sechs neue Arten der Chilopoden aus Japan". Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society. 13: 398–406 [399].
  2. ^ a b 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 9 April 2023.