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Pectiniunguis kraussi Shear & Peck, 1992

ciempiés, Centipede

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Chilopoda

Order
Geophilomorpha

Family
Schendylidae

Genus
Pectiniunguis

Species
kraussi

Taxon category: Accepted

Pectiniunguis krausi Shear & Peck, 1992 vide Minelli, A., et al. (2006).

Distribution

Distribution: Fernandina, Genovesa, Volcán Darwin, Santiago, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz

References

  • Peck, S.B. Shear, W.A. (2000) New Records of Myriapoda (Centipedes and Millipedes) from the Galapagos Islands. Noticias de Galapagos 61: 14-16.
  • Minelli, A. Bonato, L., Dioguardi, R. et al. (2006) Chilobase: a web resource for Chilopoda taxonomy. Available online at http://chilobase.bio.unipd.it/.
  • Baert, L. Herrera, H.W. (2013) The Myriapoda of the Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador (Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla) Belgian Journal of Entomology 14 :1-49

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