| Ethmostigmus | |
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| E. rubripes photographed in Queensland, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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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]
- ^ a b c Bonato, Lucio; Chagas Junior, Amazonas; Edgecombe, Gregory D.; Lewis, John G. E.; Minelli, Alessandro; Pereira, Luis A.; Shelley, Rowland M.; Stoev, Pavel; Zapparoli, Marzio (2016). "Ethmostigmus Pocock, 1898". ChiloBase 2.0 – A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda).
- ^ Joshi, Jahnavi; Edgecombe, Gregory D. (2018). "Molecular phylogeny and systematics of the centipede genus Ethmostigmus Pocock (Chilopoda : Scolopendromorpha) from peninsular India". Invertebrate Systematics. 32 (6). CSIRO Publishing: 1316–1335. doi:10.1071/is18030. S2CID 92607969.
- ^ Koch, Lucien E. (1983). "A Taxonomic Study of the Centipede Genus Ethmostigmus Pocock (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae: Otostigminae) in Australia". Australian Journal of Zoology. 31 (5). CSIRO Publishing: 835–849. doi:10.1071/ZO9830835.