Tuoba sydneyensis (Pocock,1891)
Tuoba sydneyensis (Pocock,1891)
Original description: Pocock R.I. (1891). Descriptions of some new Geophilidae in the collection of the British Museum - Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6)8: 215-227, see p. 219.
Order: Geophilomorpha
Family: Geophilidae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Geophilus Leach, 1814
Type locality: Inner Double Bay, Port Jackson, Australia
Synonym(s):
- Honuaphilus alohanus Chamberlin, 1926
- Tuoba curticeps Chamberlin, 1920
- Algerophilus leptochilus Brolemann, 1931
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Bonato L., Minelli A. (2010). The geophilomorph centipedes of the Seychelles islands (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha). - In: Gerlach J. & Marusik Y. (eds), Arachnida and Myriapoda of the Seychelles islands. Siri Scientific Press, 360-375, see p. 370.
Distribution:
-- within Africa: Seychelles
-- within Asia-Tropical: Papua New Guinea
-- within Pacific: Hawaiian Is.; New Caledonia
Notes: Firstly assigned to the genus Tuoba Chamberlin, 1920 by Crabill (1968 - Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 70 (4): 345).
