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    Species Accepted

    Scolopendra alternans Leach, 1813

    Caribbean Giant Centipede

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      5 results
      Caribbean Giant Centipede English
      Ciempiés Gigante Caribeño Spanish
      Florida Keys Centipede English
      Haitian Giant Centipede English
      bète à mille pieds de St. Domingue French

      Treatments

      3 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      17 results
      Leach W.E. Crustaceology, in D. Brewster (ed.) The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. Blackwood, Edinburgh. 7(2): 383-437. (1814). Published in
      Erratum - Resurrection of Scolopendra longipes Wood and Scolopendra cubensis Saussure from synonymy with Scolopendra alternans Leach (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae)
      Menke, Arnold S. (1962). The dates of publication of Palisot de Beauvois’ “Insectes recueilles en Afrique et en Amérique.”.
      Resurrection of Scolopendra longipes Wood and Scolopendra cubensis Saussure from synonymy with Scolopendra alternans Leach (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae): an enigmatic species-group needing phylogeographic analysis
      Randy J. Mercurio. (2016). Erratum - Resurrection of Scolopendra longipes Wood and Scolopendra cubensis Saussure from synonymy with Scolopendra alternans Leach (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae).
      Bollman C.H. Notes upon a collection of myriapods belonging to the United States National Museum. Bulletin of the United States National Museum . 46: 190-200. (1893).
      Saussure H. de. Essai d'une faune des myriapodes du Mexique avec la description de quelques espèces des autres parties de l'Amérique. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire naturelle du Mexique, des Antilles et des Etats Unis. Impr. Fick, Genève. 2: 259-393. (1860).
      Kraepelin K. Revision der Scolopendriden. Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten . (2)20: 1-276. (1903).
      Wood H.C.jr. Description of new species of Scolopendra in the collection of the Academy. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. [1861]: 10-15. (1861).
      Gervais P. Étude pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des myriapodes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Paris . (2)7: 35-60. (1837).

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