Thereuonema tuberculata Wood, 1862 is a animal in the Scutigeridae family, order Scutigeromorpha, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Thereuonema tuberculata Wood, 1862

Thereuonema tuberculata Wood, 1862

Thereuonema tuberculata is a scutigerid centipede native to East Asia, introduced to eastern North America, often mistaken for Scutigera coleoptrata.

Family
Genus
Thereuonema
Order
Scutigeromorpha
Class
Chilopoda

About Thereuonema tuberculata Wood, 1862

Thereuonema tuberculata Wood, 1862 is a species of centipede that belongs to the family Scutigeridae. It is originally native to China, the Korean peninsula, and Japan. It has recently been confirmed as an introduced species in North America. In North America, this species occurs mainly in the eastern United States, though populations have been recorded as far west as Nebraska. Within this introduced North American range, Thereuonema tuberculata is frequently confused with the species Scutigera coleoptrata.

Photo: (c) Observações Naturalistas | Bruno Uehara, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Observações Naturalistas | Bruno Uehara · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Chilopoda Scutigeromorpha Scutigeridae Thereuonema

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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