A Taxonomic Study of the Centipede Genus Ethmostigmus Pocock (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae: Otostigminae) in Australia

Abstract

Six species of Australian Ethmostigmus are recognized: E. rubripes (Brandt), and five new species, viz. E. curtipes, E. muiri, E. nudior, E. pachysoma, and E. parkeri. These species are described and keyed, and their distributions mapped.