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Archey, G. 1917. The occurrence in New Zealand of Craterostigmus tasmanianus Pocock (Chilopoda). Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 49: 319-320.

Early records of Craterostigmus from 11 localities in the South Island. Greg Edgecombe (pers. comm.) has recently found it in the North Island as well. 

Archey, G. 1936. Revision of the Chilopoda of New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 2(1): 43-70.

Good descriptions, illustrations and discussion of New Zealand Geophilomorpha, including Zelanion. 

Barber, A.D. and Eason, E.H. 1986. A redescription of Lithobius peregrinus Latzel, a centipede new to Britain (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha). Journal of Natural History 20: 431-437.

Detailed description of this widely traveled species, introduced in Tasmania. 

Borucki, H. 1996. Evolution und phylogenetisches System der Chilopoda (Mandibulata, Tracheata). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (n.s.) 35: 95-226.

Includes some original morphological work on the ano-genital capsule of Tasmanian Craterostigmus. 

Borucki, H. and Rosenberg, J. 1997. Transport-active organs within the 'ano-genital' capsule of Craterostigmus tasmanianus (Chilopoda, Craterostigmomorpha). Zoomorphology 117: 49-52.

Study based on Tasmanian specimens. Capsular organs may be active in taking up water from the atmosphere. 

Carcupino, M., Fausto, A.M., Bernardino Ortega, M.L. Zapparoli, M. and Mazzini, M. 1996. Spermatophore development and sperm ultrastructure in Craterostigmus tasmanianus (Chilopoda, Craterostigmomorpha). Zoomorphology 116(3): 103-110.

Study based on Tasmanian specimens. 

Chamberlin, R.V. 1920. The Myriopoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College 64(1): 1-269.

Descriptions of Lamyctes tasmanianus n. sp. ['Tasmania'] and Tasmanobius relictus n. gen., n. sp. ['Tasmania'] (Lithobiomorpha); and of Tasmanophilus tasmanianus n. gen., n. sp. ['Tasmania'], Pachymeroides mimeticus n. gen., n. sp. ['Tasmania'], Pachymeroides alter n. sp. ['Tasmania: Wedge Bay'] and Pachymerellus zygethus n. gen., n. sp. ['Tasmania'] (all Geophilomorpha). 

Colgan, D.J., McLauchlan, A., Wilson, G.D.F., Livingston, S.P., Edgecombe, G.D., Macaranas, J., Cassis, G. & Gray, M.R. 1998. Histone H3 and U2 snRNA DNA sequences and arthropod molecular evolution. Australian Journal of Zoology 46: 419-437.

Includes data from Tasmanian Craterostigmus. 

Crabill, R.E., jr. 1962. Concerning chilopod types in the British Museum (Natural History). Part 1. (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Scolopendromorpha). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (series 13) 5: 505-510.

Establishes Tasmanophilus opinatus (Newport, 1845) (synonyms Tasmanophilus tasmanianus Chamberlin, 1920 and Tasmaniophilus nichollsii Verhoeff, 1937). 

Dohle, W. 1990. Some observations on morphology and affinities of Craterostigmus tasmanianus (Chilopoda). Pp. 69-79 in Minelli, A. (ed.), Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Myriapodology. Leiden: E.J. Brill; (pp?).

SEM study of Tasmanian specimens, with description of previously unknown or poorly known characters. 

Eason, E.H. 1992. On the taxonomy and geographical distribution of the Lithobiomorpha. Bericht des naturwissenschaftlich-medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck. Supplement 10: 1-9.

Eason here suggests that Lamyctes fulvicornis 'may originate in Australia' (p. 7). 

Eason, E.H. 1996. Lithobiomorpha from Sakhalin Island, Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kurile Islands (Chilopoda). Arthropoda Selecta 5: 117-123.

Eason here makes Lamyctes fulvicornis Meinert, 1868 a junior synonym of L. emarginatus (Newport, 1844). 

Eberhard, S.M., Richardson, A.M.M. and Swain, R. 1991. The Invertebrate Cave Fauna of Tasmania. Hobart: Zoology Department, University of Tasmania; 174 pp.

'All chilopods recorded from Tasmanian caves appear to be accidentals.' (p. 73)  Craterostigmus recorded here from The Chairman cave in the Junee-Florentine karst. 

Edgecombe, G. 2001a. Centipedes: the great Australian bite. Nature Australia 26(12): 42-51.

Beautifully illustrated introduction to Australian centipedes. 

Edgecombe, G.D. 2001b. Revision of Paralamyctes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Henicopidae), with six new species from eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 53: 201-241.

Describes P. (Nothofagobius) mesibovi from northern Tasmania and assigns to P. (Haasiella) the undescribed henicopid called 'Wailamyctes sp.' in Mesibov (1986). 

Edgecombe, G.D. 2003a. A new genus of henicopid centipede (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from New Caledonia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 269-284.

Analysis includes Tasmanian 'Anopsobius' and Paralamyctes. 

Edgecombe, G.D. 2003b. Paralamyctes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Henciopidae) from the Cape region, South Africa, with a new species from Table Mountain. African Entomology 11(1): 97-115.

Has key to Paralamyctes worldwide, including Tasmanian species. 

Edgecombe, G.D. 2004a. The henicopid centipede Haasiella (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha): new species from Australia, with a morphology-based phylogeny of Henicopidae. Journal of Natural History 38: 37-76.

Describes the henicopid called 'Wailamyctes sp.' in Mesibov (1986) as Paralamyctes (Haasiella) subicolus. 

Edgecombe, G.D. 2004b. A new species of the henicopid centipede Dichelobius (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from southeastern Australia and Lord Howe Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 125: 189-203.

Assigns Tasmanobius relictus Chamberlin, 1920 to Dichelobius. 

Edgecombe, G.D. 2004c.Monophyly of Lithobiomorpha (Chilopoda): new characters from the pretarsal claws. Insect Systematics and Evolution 35: 29-41.

Includes Tasmanian Craterostigmus. 

Edgecombe, G.D. and Giribet, G. 2003a. A new blind Lamyctes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from Tasmania with an analysis of molecular sequence data for the Lamyctes-Henicops group. Zootaxa 152: 1-23.

First description of Lamyctes hellyeri. 

Edgecombe, G.D. and Giribet, G. 2003b. Adding mitochondrial sequence data (16S rRNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I) to the phylogeny of centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda): an analysis of morphology and four molecular loci. Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary Research 42: 89-134.

Includes Tasmanian Craterostigmus, Henicops, Paralamyctes, Tasmanophilus and Zelanion. 

Edgecombe, G.D. and Giribet, G. 2003c. Relationships of Henicopidae (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha): new molecular data, classification and biogeography. African Invertebrates 44(1): 13-38.

Includes Tasmanian 'Anopsobius', Henicops, Lamyctes, and Paralamyctes. 

Edgecombe, G.D. and Giribet, G. 2007. Evolutionary biology of centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda). Annual Review of Entomology 52: 151-170

An excellent review covering all five centipede orders. 

Edgecombe, G.D. and Giribet, G. 2008. A New Zealand species of the trans-Tasman centipede order Craterostigmomorpha (Arthropoda:Chilopoda) corroborated by molecular evidence. Invertebrate Systematics 22: 1-15

Erects Craterostigmus crabilli for New Zealand Craterostigmus. 

Edgecombe, G.D., Giribet, G. and Wheeler, W.C. 1999. Filogenia de Chilopoda: combiando secuencias de los genes ribosómicos 18S y 28S y morfología. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 26: 293-331.

Based in part on Tasmanian 'Anopsobius', Craterostigmus, Tasmanophilus and Zelanion. 

Edgecombe, G.D., Giribet, G. and Wheeler, W.C. 2002. Phylogeny of Henicopidae (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha): a combined analysis of morphology and five molecular loci. Systematic Entomology 27: 31-64.

Includes Tasmanian 'Anopsobius', Henicops, and Paralamyctes. 

Ernst, A., Rosenberg, J., Mesibov, R. and Hilken, G. 2002. Sensilla coeloconica on the maxillipede of the centipede Craterostigmus tasmanianus Pocock, 1902 (Chilopoda, Craterostigmomorpha). Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz 74(2): 207-214.

Microanatomical study of Tasmanian material. 

Ernst, A. and Rosenberg, J. 2003. Structure and distribution of sensilla coeloconica on the maxillipedes of Chilopoda. African Invertebrates 44(1): 155-168.

Microanatomical study of Tasmanian material. 

Ernst, A., Rosenberg, J. & Hilken, G. 2006. Structure and distribution of antennal sensillae in the centipede Craterostigmus tasmanianus Pocock, 1902 (Chilopoda, Craterostigmomorpha). Norwegian Journal of Entomology 53: 153-164.

Microanatomical study of Tasmanian material. 

Fahlander, K. 1939. Chilopoden aus Australien und Tasmanien. Arkiv för Zoologi 31B(1): 1-4.

Includes record of Tasmanophilus tasmanianus Chamberlin, 1920 from Winkleigh. 

Giribet, G., Carranza, S., Riutort, M., Baguña, J. and Ribera, C. 1999. Internal phylogeny of the Chilopoda (Myriapoda, Arthropoda) using complete 18S rDNA and partial 28S rDNA sequences. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B 354: 215-222.

Includes data from Tasmanian Craterostigmus. 

Hilken, G. 1997. Tracheal systems in Chilopoda: a comparison under phylogenetic aspects. Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 51: 49-60.

Overview, includes study of Tasmanian Craterostigmus. 

Hilken, G. 1998. Vergleich von Tracheensystem unter phylogenetische Aspekt. Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (n.s.) 37: 5-94.

More detailed version of Hilken (1997). 

Hollington, L.M. and Edgecombe, G.D. 2004. Two new species of the henicopid centipede Henicops (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from Queensland and Victoria, with revision of species from Western Australia and a synoptic classification of Henicopidae. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 1-28.

Important overview and discussion of Henicops, including H. maculatus. 

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1982. Opinion 1228. Henicopidae Pocock, 1901 given nomenclatural precedence over Cermatobiidae Haase, 1885 (Myriapoda, Chilopoda). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 39(4): 235-237.

Establishes the correct name for Tasmania's most common lithobiomorph, Henicops maculatus Newport, 1845. 

Jones, R.E. 1998. On the species of Tuoba (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) in Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and New Britain. Records of the Western Australian Museum 18: 333-346.

Redescription of Tuoba laticeps (Pocock, 1891) from coastal Tasmania. 

Jeekel, C.A.W. 1999. Who is the authority for Cryptops hortensis? Bulletin of the British Myriapod Group 15: 3-4.

Argues that the correct authority is Donovan, 1810 rather than Leach, 1814. 

Koch, L.E. 1983. Revision of the Australian centipedes of the genus Cormocephalus Newport (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae: Scolopendrinae). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 799-833.

Based in part on Tasmanian Cormocephalus westwoodi. 

Lewis, J.G.E. 1981. The Biology of Centipedes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 476 pp.

A readable introduction to the literature on centipede biology, and the only such review in English. 

Lewis, J.G.E. 1999. On the genus Cryptops Leach in Nepal with redescriptions of Cryptops australis Newport and C. doriae Pocock. Senckenbergiana biologica 79(1): 19-38.

C. australis redescribed from the holotype. 

Manton, S.M. 1965. The evolution of arthropodan locomotory mechanisms, Part 8. Functional requirements and body design in Chilopoda, together with a comparative account of their skeleto-muscular systems and an Appendix on a comparison between burrowing forces of annelids and chilopods and its bearing upon the evolution of the arthropodan haemocoel. Journal of the Linnean Society (Zoology) 46:251-484.

Includes detailed study of Tasmanian Craterostigmus. 

Mesibov, R. 1986. A Guide to Tasmanian Centipedes. Hobart: Bob Mesibov; 64 pp.

Replaced by this section of the Tasmanian multipedes website. An early effort and now seriously out of date! 

Mesibov, R. 1995. Distribution and ecology of the centipede Craterostigmus tasmanianus Pocock, 1902 (Chilopoda: Craterostigmomorpha: Craterostigmidae) in Tasmania. The Tasmanian Naturalist 117: 2-7.

Still up-to-date, apart from the distribution map. 

Mesibov, R. 1997. A zoogeographical singularity at Weavers Creek, Tasmania. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 56: 563-573.

Includes distribution maps for Tasmanophilus spp. 

Müller, C.H.G. & Meyer-Rochow, V.B. 2006. Fine structural description of the lateral ocellus of Craterostigmus tasmanianus Pocock, 1902 (Chilopoda: Craterostigmomorpha) and phylogenetic considerations. Journal of Morphology 267(7): 850-865.

"The eye of C. tasmanianus seemingly displays very high complexity compared to many other hitherto studied euarthropod eyes." 

Newport, G. 1845. Monograph of the Class Myriapoda, Order Chilopoda. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 19: 265-302, 349-437 + plates.

Describes (p. 372) Henicops maculata from a Tasmanian specimen loaned by J.O. Westwood. Describes (p. 433) Arthronomalus opinatus from material in the British Museum said to be from 'Novâ Hollandiâ et Ins. Van Diemen?' ('?' in the original). 

Pocock, R.I. 1891. Descriptions of some new Geophilidae in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (series 6) 8: 215-227.

Description of 'Geophilus (?) laticeps' n. sp. from King Island. 

Pocock, R.I. 1901. The Chilopoda or centipedes of the Australian continent. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (series 7) 8: 451-463.

[discussing Henicops maculatus] 'The British Museum also has damaged specimens of apparently the same species from Tasmania and from Fern Tree Gully, Wood's Point Road and Loch in Gippsland, Victoria, presented by Professor Baldwin Spencer, F.R.S.' (p. 453). 

Pocock, R.I. 1902. A new and annectant type of chilopod. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science 45: 417-448.

Detailed first description of Craterostigmus tasmanianus n. gen., n. sp. and discussion of its relationships, based on the type specimens from Mt Rumney. 

Prunescu, C. 1965. Les systèmes génital et trachéal de Craterostigmus (Craterostigmomorpha, Chilopoda). Revue Roumaine de Biologie, Série de Zoologie 10(5): 309-314.

Descriptions based on Tasmanian material (V.V. Hickman to S.M. Manton to C. Prunescu). 

Prunescu, C. and Prunescu, P. 2006. Rudimentary supernumerary Malpighian tubules in the order Craterostigmomorpha Pocock, 1902. Norwejian Journal of Entomology 53: 113-118.

Differences noted between Tasmanian and New Zealand Craterostigmus. 

Prunescu, C.C., Mesibov, R. and Shinohara, K. 1996. Preliminary data on the anatomy of the genital systems in Craterostigmus tasmanianus (Craterostigmomorpha) and Esastigmatobius longitarsis (Henicopidae, Lithobiomorpha) (Chilopoda). Pp. 341-346 in Geoffroy, J.-J., Mauriès, J.-P. and Nguyen-Duy Jacquemin, M. (eds.), Acta Myriapodologica. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 169.

Study based on Tasmanian specimens of Craterostigmus. 

Regier, J.C. and Shultz, J.W.. 2001. A phylogenetic analysis of Myriapoda (Arthropoda) using two nuclear protein-coding genes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 132: 469-486.

Includes data from Tasmanian Craterostigmus. 

Regier, J.C., Wilson, H.M. and Shultz, J.W.. 2005. Phylogenetic analysis of Myriapoda using three nuclear protein-coding genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34: 147-158.

Includes data from Tasmanian Craterostigmus. 

Richardson, A.M.M., Swain, R. and Shepherd, C. 1997. The strandline fauna of beaches on the East Coast of Tasmania. Hobart: Zoology Department, University of Tasmania; 126 pp.

'A single group of centipedes, the Geophilomorpha, dominated the chilopods collected, to the extent that only a single specimen of one other centipede was collected. The geophilomorphs, however, were extremely common, over 1000 specimens being collected on some beaches...' (p. 43). The centipedes were pitfall-trapped in, just above and just below the strandline. 

Richardson, A.M.M., Swain, R. and Shepherd, C. 1998. The strandline fauna of beaches on the North & West Coasts of Tasmania, Flinders & King Islands. Hobart: Zoology Department, University of Tasmania; 134 pp.

See Richardson et al. 1997. 'As in the east coast survey, geophilomorph centipedes were a common taxon on many beaches, especially in Bass Strait...' (p. 33) 

Rosenberg, J., Müller, C.H.G. & Hilken, G. 2006. Ultrastructural organization of the anal organs in the anal capsule of Craterostigmus tasmanianus Pocock, 1902 (Chilopoda, Craterostigmomorpha). Journal of Morphology 267(3): 265-272.

"The anal organs of C. tasmanianus are thought to play an important role in the uptake of atmospheric water." 

Todd, J.J. and Horwitz, P.H.J. 1990. Spreading insects through firewood collection in Tasmania. Australian Forestry 53(3): 154-159.

Hobart woodpiles yielded specimens of Henicops maculatus, Lithobius peregrinus and a Zelanion sp. 

Verhoeff, K.W. 1937. Über einige Chilopoden aus Australien und Tasmanien. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik 70: 1-16.

Erects Tasmaniophilus n. gen. for T. nichollsii n. sp. from Mt Wellington. 

Wirkner, C.S. and Pass, G. 2002. The circulatory system in Chilopoda: functional morphology and phylogenetic aspects. Acta Zoologica 83: 193-202.

Includes study of Tasmanian Craterostigmus.