Tuoba sydneyensis is a species of centipede in the Geophilidae family. It was first described in 1891 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock. Distribution The species occurs in Western Australia and New South Wales as well as Seychelles, New Guinea, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands and the Hawaiian Islands. The type locality is Double Bay, Port Jackson, in Sydney. Behaviour The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood. References sydneyensis Centipedes of Australia Arthropods of New Guinea Fauna of New South Wales Fauna of Western Australia Fauna of New Caledonia Fauna of the Solomon Islands Fauna of Hawaii Animals described in 1891 Taxa named by R. I. Pocock