Theatops posticus Say, 1821
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Say Th. Description of the Myriapoda of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . (1) 3: 1. (1822).
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Chilopoda
- order
- Scolopendromorpha
- family
- Cryptopidae
- genus
- Theatops
- species
- Theatops posticus
Name
- Synonyms
- Cryptops postica Say, 1821
- Opisthemega crassipes Meinert, 1886
- Opisthemega postica Wood, 1862
- Homonyms
- Theatops posticus Say, 1821
- Common names
- Big-leg Centipede in English
Bibliographic References
- Bonato, L., G. D. Edgecombe, and M. Zapparoli / Minelli, A., ed., 2011: Chilopoda - Taxonomic overview. Treatise on Zoology - The Myriapoda, vol. 1. 363-443.
- Di, Zhiyong, Zhijian Cao, Yingliang Wu, Shijin Yin, Gregory D. Edgecombe, and Wenxin Li, 2010: Discovery of the centipede family Plutoniumidae (Chilopoda) in Asia: a new species of Theatops from China, and the taxonomic value of spiracle distributions in Scolopendromorpha. Zootaxa, vol. 2667. 51-63.
- Shelley, Rowland M., 1997: The Holarctic Centipede Subfamily Plotoniuminae (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae) (Nomen Correctum Ex Subfamily Plutoniinae Bollman, 1893). Brimleyana, no. 24. 51-113.