Otostigmus (Otostigmus) astenus (Kohlrausch,1878)
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) astenus (Kohlrausch,1878)
Original description: Kohlrausch E. (1878). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Scolopendriden - Inaugural-Dissertation, Marburg, 27 pp., see p. 22.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Branchiostoma Newport, 1845
Type locality: Tonga Islands, Eua
Synonym(s):
- Otostigmus barbouri Chamberlin, 1914
- Branchiotrema calcitrans Kohlrausch, 1878
- Otostigmus discretum Silvestri, 1894
- Otostigmus glaber Chamberlin, 1920
- Branchiotrema luzonicum Kohlrausch, 1878
- Otostigmus moluccanus Chamberlin, 1914
- Otostigmus orientalis acutidens Haase, 1887
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Lewis J.G.E. (2010). A revision of the rugulosus group of Otostigmus subgenus Otostigmus Porat, 1876 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae) - Zootaxa, 2579: 1-29, see p. 8.
Distribution:
-- within Africa: Madagascar
-- within Asia-Temperate: Taiwan
-- within Asia-Tropical: Maluku; Vietnam
-- within Pacific: Hawaiian Is.; New Caledonia; Northern Marianas; Tonga
Notes: Introduced in Madagascar. Most records of O. punctiventer probably refer to O. astenus.
