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Otostigmus
Otostigmus is a genus of centipedes in the family Scolopendridae. It was first described by Swedish naturalist Carl Oscar von Porat in 1876. The genus as a whole comprises around 157 species, found primarily in the Neotropics.
14 branches of this group, most-observed first
Blue Keeled Centipede
speciesOtostigmus scaber
Otostigmus politus
speciesOtostigmus politus
Otostigmus aculeatus
speciesOtostigmus aculeatus
Otostigmus nudus
speciesOtostigmus nudus
Otostigmus spinicaudus
speciesOtostigmus spinicaudus
Otostigmus sulcipes
speciesOtostigmus sulcipes
Otostigmus tuberculatus
speciesOtostigmus tuberculatus
Otostigmus ateles
speciesOtostigmus ateles
Otostigmus tricarinatus
speciesOtostigmus tricarinatus
Otostigmus astenus
speciesOtostigmus astenus
Otostigmus ceylonicus
speciesOtostigmus ceylonicus
Otostigmus metallicus
speciesOtostigmus metallicus
Otostigmus lawrencei
speciesOtostigmus lawrencei
Otostigmus multidens
speciesOtostigmus multidens
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 999999.