Allothereua maculata is a species of centipedes found in Australia known as the house-centipede - a name applied elsewhere to other species.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Australian House Centipede being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Thereuonema tuberculata
- Sphendononema guildingii
- Scutigera buda
- Thereuopoda clunifera
- Scutigera linceci
- Thereuopoda longicornis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Chilopoda
- Order
- Scutigeromorpha
- Family
- Scutigeridae
- Genus
- Allothereua
- Species
- Allothereua maculata
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