A new species of the genus Australobius Chamberlin, 1920 (Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae) from southwestern China

2026/01/22 by Yutong Zhang, Huiqin Ma, Sujian Pei +1 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Amphibian and Reptile Biology #Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy #Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy

paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/bdj.14.e182797

openalex publication_date 2026/01/22 · openalex created_date 2026/01/23 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/03

Abstract

The genus Australobius Chamberlin, 1920 is a small genus of subfamily Lithobiinae Newport, 1844 within family Lithobiidae Newport, 1844. The World Catalogue of Centipedes currently records 35 species or subspecies for Australobius . A new species Australobius septforaminis sp. nov., is described based on both sexes (four males and two females specimens) from Guanshan, Yintiaoling National Nature Reserve, Wuxi County, Chongqing, China. A detailed morphological description and illustrations of Australobius septforaminis sp. nov. are provided.

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• 🐛 Look at this new creepy crawly! Meet 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴, a stone #centipede from the Lithobiinaem subfamily, recently discovered in China's Yintiaoling National N [bsky, 2 points, 0 comments]

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