Centipedes (Chilopoda)

Add a sighting Subscribe View significant View unverified

Following is a good introduction from CSIRO:

http://w ww.ento.csiro.au/education/allies/chilopoda.html

And a referance from Atlas of Living Australia:

Centipedes (Chilopoda)

Announcements

Canberra Nature Map's Newsletter for June 2025

11 Jul 2025

Hello everyone. Alison Milton has produced the June quarterly CNM newsletter. It has some interesting information about what the Nature Mappers have been doing and finding. We hope you enjoy the read....

Known issue affecting NatureMapr mobile app 6.3.0

NatureMapr Mobile App Update

Platform consolidation and impact to regional functionality

Improvements to Search

Discussion

trevorpreston wrote:

5 hrs ago

Thanks Nate. I appreciate your IDs.

Lithobiomorpha (order)

trevorpreston wrote:

5 hrs ago

Thanks Nate. I appreciate your IDs.

Lithobiomorpha (order)

NateKingsford wrote:

6 hrs ago

I was at lunch and did a quick skim through when I saw this, cheers for picking up on it.

Cryptops is a Scolopendromorph, whole Lithobius and Henicops are Lithobiomorphs on the other hand.

I do agree it isn't Geophilomorpha, instead a Lithobiomorph, but not Cryptops.

I would be happy to discuss this further

Lithobiomorpha (order)

NateKingsford wrote:

6 hrs ago

Lithobiomorpha (order)

trevorpreston wrote:

10 hrs ago

Hi Nate,
I don't think this is in the Geophilomorpha (Order) as they are very elongated centipedes, usually very skinny and yellowish. I'm pretty sure this is either a blind centipede (Cryptops sp. (genus)) or a stone centipede Lithobiomorpha (order) due its short length and few segments.

Lithobiomorpha (order)