Ethmostigmus | |
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E. rubripes photographed in Queensland, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
Family: | Scolopendridae |
Subfamily: | Otostigminae |
Genus: | Ethmostigmus Pocock, 1898[1] |
Type species | |
E. trigonopodus | |
Species | |
21, see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Ethmostigmus is a genus of centipedes in the family Scolopendridae found in Africa, Asia, and Oceania that is characterised by its large, rounded spiracles.[2][3]