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Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Chilopoda
order
Scolopendromorpha
family
Scolopendridae
genus
Scolopendra

Name

Synonyms
Calcaria Porat, 1878
Collaria Porat, 1878
Eurylithobius Butler, 1876
Kanparka Waldock & Edgecombe, 2012
Nurettiniella Özdikmen, 2007
Rhadinoscytalis Attems, 1926
Rhombocephalus Newport, 1844
Trachycormocephalus Kraepelin, 1903
Homonyms
Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758
Scolopendra Slabber, 1781
Scolopendra Shaw, 1794
Scolopendra Cordiner, 1785
Common names
Centipede in English
Ciempiés escolopendra in Spanish
Escolopendra in Spanish
Giant Centipedes in English
Kelabang in Indonesian
Lipan in Indonesian
Redhead Centipedes in English
Rooipoothonderdpote in Afrikaans
Scolopendre in Italian
Velike strige in Croatian
Ň=xaí in language.
Сколопендры in Russian
רבנדל in Hebrew
ตะขาบบ้าน in Thai
オオムカデ属 in Japanese
蜈蚣屬 in Chinese
왕지네속 in Korean

Bibliographic References

  1. Ashworth, J.H. (1912). Catalogue of the Chaetopoda in the British Museum. A. Polychaeta: Part 1. Arenicolidae. London, British Museum of Natural History.
  2. Australian Faunal Directory, 2007 version. Available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home.
  3. Barber, A. D. (2009). Littoral myriapods: a review. <em>Soil Organisms.</em> 81(3): 735-760.
  4. Barber, Anthony. (2014). Early records and names of British & Irish centipedes. <em>Bulletin of the British Myriapod and Isopod Group [BMIG].</em> 27: 43-52.
  5. Bueno-Villegas, J.,Rodríguez-López, E.,Cupul-Magaña, F.G.: Nuevas localidades de registro de <i>Scolopendra sumichrasti</i> Saussure en México (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae)
  6. Bücherl, Wolfgang (01/1942) Catálogo dos Quilópodos da zona neotrópica
  7. Charles Harvey Bollman (30/11/1893) Notes upon the species of Myriopoda Syngnatha, described by Thomas Say
  8. ChiloBase (April 2010)
  9. Cupul-Magaña, Fabio Germán,Martínez Coronel, Matías,Nieto Toscano, Luis Francisco (10/07/2019) Ataques del ciempiés gigante <i>Scolopendra sumichrasti</i> Saussure, 1860 (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae) sobre el murciélago <i>Natalus mexicanus</i> Miller, 1902 (Chiroptera: Natalidae) en Chiapas, México
  10. Herbert Weidner (12/1960) Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg. III. Teil. Chilopoda und Progoneata
  11. Hilken, Gero,Sombke, Andy,Rosenberg, Jörg,Voigtländer, Karin,Ernst, Alfred: Structure and distribution of antennal sensilla in the centipede <i>Scolopendra oraniensis</i> (Lucas, 1846) (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha)
  12. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 454 Designation under the Plenary Powers of a type species in harmony with accustomed usage for Scolopendm Linnaeus, 1758 (class Chilopoda).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 15(20), 357-378 (1957)
  13. Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
  14. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp.
  15. Madrazo-Fanti, Jorge,García-Barrios, Roberto,Montoya-Ferrer, Daniel,de Luna, Manuel (01/06/2021) Tantilla wilcoxi (Chihuahuan Black-Headed Snake) DIET
  16. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  17. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  18. R.A. Odum,H.K. Reinert,J.M Goessling,W.O. Lutterschmidt: Leptodeira bakeri (Aruban Cat-Eyed Snake) PREDATION
  19. SN2000/Hoffman, 1982
  20. SN2000/Hoffman, 1982
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