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Allothereua bidenticulata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Scutigeromorpha
Family:	Scutigeridae
Genus:	Allothereua
Species:	A. bidenticulata
Binomial name
Allothereua bidenticulata Verhoeff, 1925

Allothereua bidenticulata is a species of centipede in the Scutigeridae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was first described in 1925 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff.

Distribution

The species occurs in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and south-west Western Australia. The type locality is Glen Lamington, in the Scenic Rim Region of south-eastern Queensland.

Subspecies

• Allothereua bidenticulata linderi Fahlander, 1939
• Allothereua bidenticulata vittata Verhoeff, 1925
• Allothereua bidenticulata bidenticulata Verhoeff, 1925

Behaviour

The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter and soil.

References

1. ^ Verhoeff, KW (1925). "Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 39. Chilopoda". Arkiv för Zoologi. 17A (3): 1–62 .
2. ^ Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
3. ^ "Species Allothereua bidenticulata Verhoeff, 1925". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2023.

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