''Sepedonophilus perforatus'' 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, ...

in the

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. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

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and was first described in 1887 by German

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Erich Haase Erich Haase (January 19, 1859, Berlin –April 24, 1894, Bangkok) was a German physician and entomologist. He was Director of the Royal Siamese Museum in Bangkok. He died of dysentery. Legacy As well as many short scientific papers on insects, M ...

Description

The original description of this species is based on a male specimen measuring 50 mm in length, with 79 pairs of legs.

Distribution

The species occurs in eastern

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

. The type locality is

Gayndah Gayndah () is a town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. It is the administrative centre for the North Burnett Region. In the , the locality of Gayndah had a population of 1,949 p ...

Behaviour

The centipedes are

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predator Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common List of feeding behaviours, feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation ...

s that inhabit

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, soil and rotting wood.

References

perforatus Centipedes of Australia Endemic fauna of Australia Arthropods of Queensland Animals described in 1887 Taxa named by Erich Haase {{Centipede-stub