Lithobiomorpha (order)
1 Unidentified stone centipede at Majura, ACT
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| Lithobiomorpha (order) | SimoneC | 13 Sep 2021 | |
| Lithobiomorpha (order) | jb2602 | 13 Sep 2021 |
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5 comments
13 Sep 2021
Is it possible to distinguish between the families Henicopidae, Lithobiidae and Exocera from photos alone?
13 Sep 2021
What a great sighting! I haven't seen a centipede quite like this one, its like a stone centipede with features a bit like a house centipede.
13 Sep 2021
Good photos. It is possible to distinguish between Henicopidae and Lithobiidae from some photos. Lithobiidae have spines/spurs on their legs as well as setae, while Henicopidae only have setae. In your photos I believe I can see spines on the legs making it a Lithobiidae, but the back ground makes it a little difficult. I'm not sure about Exocera, it is a genus without a family and it seems to have been known from the Caribbean, so I think we can discount it at this stage.
13 Sep 2021
Thanks for that information Simone, also do you know what the orange segment at the tail end is?
13 Sep 2021
Its the genital segment, the underside of that segment is were you would find the genitals. I’m not sure why its orange, or if that’s characteristic of this species
Location information
- Coordinates 149.162716-35.271878
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Majura, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 7 Sep 2021 12:22 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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- jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Centipedes (Chilopoda) Other Arthropods Lithobiomorpha (order)
Species information
- Lithobiomorpha (order) Scientific name
- Unidentified stone centipede Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1230.31m Recorded at altitude
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