Tropical Centipedes
Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758
Type species: Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758
Fauna Portal Genus Number: 925
(after Koch 1982): Distinguished from the various other genera of the subfamily Scolopendrinae by the cephalic plate overlapping tergite I, and from the taxonomically close genus Arthrorhabdus by the main teeth being on a short base.
Publications
Koch LE (1982): Taxonomy of the centipede Scolopendra laeta Haase (Chilopoda:Scolopendridae) in Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 76: 125 - 140
Koch LE (1983): Morphological characters of Australian scolopendrid centipedes, and the taxonomy and distribution of Scolopendra morsitans L. (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae: Scolopendrinae). Australian Journal of Zoology. 31: 79 - 91
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