Ballonema

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Classis: Chilopoda
Ordo: Scutigeromorpha

Familia: Scutigeridae
Genus: Ballonema
Species (1): B. gracilipes
Name

Ballonema Verhoeff, 1904

Type species: Ballonema gracilipes Verhoeff, 1904
References
Primary references

Verhoeff, K.W. 1904. Über Gattungen der Spinnensseln (Scutigeriden). Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1904: 245–285. Reference page.

Links

Bonato L., Chagas Jr., 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). Online.

Ballonema is a monotypic genus of centipedes in the family Scutigeridae. It was described in 1904 by German myriapodologist Karl Wilhelm Verhoeff. Its sole species is Ballonema gracilipes Verhoeff, 1904.[1][2]
Distribution

The species occurs in New Guinea. The type locality is Astrolabe Bay, Papua New Guinea.[3]
References

Verhoeff, CW (1904). "Über Gattungen der Spinnensseln (Scutigeriden)". Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. [1904]: 245–285 [257].
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 19 April 2023.
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 19 April 2023.