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Checklist for Subclass Pleurostigmophora Pocock, 1902
and region New Guinea (Australasia)


Class
 
Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817
Centiped, Centipede, Centipedes, Centipeds, Chilopods
5
11
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pleurostigmophora
Pocock, 1902
4
9
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for New Guinea
4 Families width 20 Species
Scolopendridae Newport, 18449SpeciesTaxom
Lithobiidae Newport, 1844Garden Centipedes2SpeciesTaxom
Oryidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Mecistocephalidae Bollman, 18938SpeciesTaxom


Genera for New Guinea
9 Genera with 20 Species
Asanada Meinert, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Australobius Chamberlin, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Cormocephalus Newport, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Endoptelus Chamberlin, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Ethmostigmus Pocock, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Mecistocephalus Newport, 19398SpeciesTaxom
Otostigmus Porat, 03SpeciesTaxom
Rhysida Wood, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendra Linnaeus, 18152SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Guinea
20 Species
Asanada brevicornis Meinert, 1885Pompanos
Australobius ethodes Chamberlin, 1939
Australobius viduus Attems, 1932
Cormocephalus westwoodi Newport, 1844Mendocino shoulderband
Endoptelus papuicolens Chamberlin, 1939
Ethmostigmus rubripes Brandt, 1840Giant centipede
Mecistocephalus eupistus Chamberlin, 1939Seagrass elysia
Mecistocephalus gigas Haase, 1887
Mecistocephalus glabridorsalis Attems, 1901
Mecistocephalus magister Chamberlin, 1939
Mecistocephalus manokwarius Chamberlin, 1944
Mecistocephalus pseustes Chamberlin, 1939Seagrass elysia
Mecistocephalus vanheurni Chamberlin, 1939
Mecistocephalus zygethus Chamberlin, 1939
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) astenus Köhlrausch, 1881
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) punctiventer Tömösváry, 1885
Otostigmus victoriae
Rhysida carinulata Haase, 1887Lesser Amberjack
Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758Common centipede
Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815Centipede

Subnodes of Pleurostigmophora with occurrences in New Guinea
SuperorderEpimorpha
Haase, 1880
3
8
18
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

OrderLithobiomorpha
Pocock, 1895
Lithobiomorphs, Stone Centipede, Stone centipedes
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pleurostigmophora at itis.gov