Australasian Tuoba 
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Figures 41-43 Tuoba pallida sp. nov.: 41, first and second maxilla from below; 42, sternite of segment 9; 43 clypeus. 
Scale lines = 0.1 mm. ’ ’ v 
comparatively short and not much longer than the 
walking legs. The antennae differ in length being 
much longer in the former but in preserved 
specimens the antennae often shrink in length, the 
antennomeres being telescoped inside one 
another. 
T. xxjlophaga, with 57-67 pairs of legs, is found 
only in New Zealand where it should not cause 
any problems. T. pallida has been found in Western 
Australia so far. It has 55-59 pairs of legs, 
comparatively long thin last legs coupled with its 
very pale, almost white, colouring make it easy to 
identify. However, at the present state of 
knowledge of Australian centipedes, it should be 
borne in mind that there may be similar species 
which have not yet been recorded. 
REMARKS 
About 20 species of the genus have now been 
described but it is still in a taxonomic muddle, there 
are probable synonyms amongst them and some 
have been wrongly attributed to Tuoba. In Tuoba a 
number of coxalpleural glands should open into a 
pit or crypt. There are several other species recorded 
from the Pacific basin all of which may or may not 
be valid. Nesogeophilus annamiticus from Indochina 
seems to be very similar to T. sydneyensis from the 
literature description and would repay a look. 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
In preparing this paper I received a lot of help 
from museums and other taxonomists. I should 
