Differs from the most similar Scolopendra by the main teeth being on a long base.
Tropical Centipedes
Scolopendridae Newport, 1844
Type genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758
In Australia, scolopendrid centipedes differ from the second family in the order Scolopendromorpha, Cryptopidae, by the presence of eyes, generally consisting of four ocelli.
The exception are three subterranean suscolopendrid centipedes in the genus Cormocephalus from the Pilbara region in Western Australia (Edgecombe et al. 2019)
Arthrorhabdus
2 species
Differs from similar Scolopendra by tergite I orverlapping cephalic plate.
Cormocephalus
2 species
Enormous sieve-like spiracles. It can be distinguished from Rhysida by the toxignaths lacking a tooth or ‘spine’ on the trochanter of the maxilliped base-plates.
Ethmostigmus
1 species
Cephalic plate overlapping tergite I; from Arthrorhabdus by the main teeth being on a short base.
Scolopendra
2 species
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Harry Butler Institute
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N16217-1
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1 juv.
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25 September 2019
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Western Australia
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Barrow Island, Butler Park
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vertebrate pitfall trap
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COI
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