Otostigmus politus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Chilopoda |
Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
Family: | Scolopendridae |
Genus: | Otostigmus |
Species: | O. politus
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Binomial name | |
Otostigmus politus |
Otostigmus politus is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It is found in Australia and Melanesia, and was first described in 1881 by German arachnologist Ferdinand Karsch. [1]
The species occurs in northern and eastern coastal Queensland as well as in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. [2]
The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood. [2]