Western Ethmostigmus Ethmostigmus curticeps Koch, 1983
Fauna Portal species: 421
Ethmostigmus curticeps, head dorsal (HBI N15610-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2026)
Fauna Portal Image No. 15700Diagnosis
(after Koch 1983): A very small to small Ethmostigmus (57–73 mm body length) with antennae very short, median sulci complete starting from tergite IV or usually V, and ultimate leg prefemora having only 3 spine-rows. Differs from E. muiri and the other Australian Ethmostigmus species chiefly in the anal-leg coxopleural process being mostly covered by sternile XXI which is very short (rather than long or very long).
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1983): A taxonomic study of the centipede genus Ethmostigmus Pocock (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae: Otostigminae) in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology. 31: 835 - 849