Ethmostigmus muiri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
Family: | Scolopendridae |
Genus: | Ethmostigmus |
Species: | E. muiri
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Binomial name | |
Ethmostigmus muiri L.E.Koch, 1983[1]
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Ethmostigmus muiri is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It is endemic to Australia and was first described in 1983 by L. E. Koch.[1]
The species has been recorded from northern and eastern Queensland and from north-west Western Australia.[2]
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood.[2]