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Australobius scabrior
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Lithobiomorpha
Family:	Lithobiidae
Genus:	Australobius
Species:	A. scabrior
Binomial name
Australobius scabrior Chamberlin, 1920

Australobius scabrior is a species of centipede in the Lithobiidae family. It was first described in 1920 by American biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin.

Distribution

The species occurs in the eastern states of mainland Australia: Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. The type locality is Kuranda, on the Atherton Tableland of north-eastern Queensland.

Behaviour

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

References

1. ^ Chamberlin, RVI (1920). "The Myriopoda of the Australian region". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College. 64: 1–269 .
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 14 March 2023.
3. ^ "Species Australobius scabrior Chamberlin, 1920". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2010. Retrieved 14 March 2023.

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