Allothereua is a genus of scutigeromorph centipedes containing 9 species ranging from Central Asia (Kazakhstan and Nepal) to the Philippines to Australia, where at least six species are found. A 2009 study of scutigeromorph phylogeny found Allothereua to be polyphyletic; some species were more closely related to Parascutigera. The genus name Allothereua comes from the Greek ἄλλος (állos) 'other' and θηρεύω (thēreúō) 'hunt'.Verhoeff does not explain the etymology in his publication: But he had already used the Greek verb θηρεύω (thēreúō) to name Thereuonema, another genus of Scutigeridae.
Species Allothereua bidenticulata Verhoeff, 1925 - Australia Allothereua caeruleata Verhoeff, 1925 - Australia Allothereua incola Verhoeff, 1925 - Australia Allothereua kirgisorum Lignau, 1929 - Kazakhstan Allothereua lesueurii (Lucas, 1840) - Australia Allothereua maculata (Newport, 1844) - Australia Allothereua manila Chamberlin, 1944 - Philippines Allothereua serrulata Verhoeff, 1925 - Australia Allothereua wilsonae Dobroruka, 1979 - Nepal
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