''Scutigerina weberi'' is a species of

centipede Centipedes (from Neo-Latin , "hundred", and Latin , "foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', "lip", and Neo-Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, ...

s in the family Scutigerinidae.

Distribution

The species is found in

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Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

, and

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References

*Silvestri F. (1904). Contribuzione alla conoscenza dei chilopodi. I. Nuovi generi di Scutigeridae. II. Nuove specie di Paralamyctes - Redia, I: 253-258, see p. 254. *

External links

Peristomatic structures in Scutigeromorpha (Chilopoda): A comparative study, with new characters for higher-level systematics
weberi Myriapods of Africa Centipedes of Sri Lanka Centipedes of New Guinea Centipedes of New Caledonia Animals described in 1903 Taxa named by Filippo Silvestri {{Centipede-stub