@article {1924, title = {Revision of the Centipede Genus Hemiscolopendra Kraepelin, 1903: Description of H. marginata (Say, 1821) and possible misidentifications as Scolopendra spp.; proposal of Akymnopellis, n. gen.}, journal = {International Journal of Myriapodology}, volume = {1}, year = {2008}, pages = {171-204}, abstract = {

Full title: Revision of the Centipede Genus Hemiscolopendra Kraepelin, 1903: Description of H. marginata (Say, 1821) and possible misidentifications as Scolopendra spp.; proposal of Akymnopellis, n. gen., and redescriptions of its South American components (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae: Scolopendrinae).

Abstract: Hemiscolopendra Kraepelin, 1903, is a monotypic genus. Its sole species, H. marginata (Say, 1821), possibly misidentified in older publications as Scolopendra morsitans L., 1758, and S. pachygnatha Pocock, 1905, occurs from the southern Atlantic Coast of the United States to west Texas, in the east/west dimension, and, north/south, from southern Ohio-Illinois to Chiapas, Mexico. Individuals throughout this area vary through the same limits, proving that they are conspecific. Akymnopellis, n. gen., is erected to accommodate the South American species previously assigned to Hemiscolopendra \– chilensis (Gervais, 1847), laevigata (Porat, 1876), and platei (Attems, 1903). Two new synonymies are proposed \– Otostigma michaelseni Attems, 1903, under A. laevigata, and Hemiscolopendra perdita Chamberlin, 1955, under A. platei.

Recommended citation: Shelley, R. M. (2008): Revision of the Centipede Genus Hemiscolopendra Kraepelin, 1903: Description of H. marginata (Say, 1821) and possible misidentifications as Scolopendra spp.; proposal of Akymnopellis, n. gen., and redescriptions of its South American components (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae: Scolopendrinae). International Journal of Myriapodology, 1 (2): 171-204. https://doi.org/10.1163/187525408X395931

}, keywords = {Akymnopellis, H. marginata, Hemiscolopendra, NORTH AMERICA, South America, United States}, issn = {1875-2535, 1875-2543}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1163/187525408X395931}, url = {https://brill.com/view/journals/ijm/1/2/article-p171.xml}, author = {Shelley, Rowland M.} } @article {1610, title = {First records of Dendrothereua linceci (Wood, 1867) (Chilopoda, Scutigeromorpha, Scutigeridae) in Colombia}, journal = {Check List}, volume = {18}, year = {2022}, month = {15/09/2022}, pages = {967-971}, type = {Note}, abstract = {

We collected nine scutigeromorph centipede specimens in Colombia, which are the first records of Dendrothereua linceci (Wood, 1867) from the country and South America, expanding the the known distribution of the species. With these data, one more species of Scutigeromorpha centipede is added to the chilopod fauna of the region.

}, keywords = {house centipede, Neotropical, new record, South America}, issn = {1809-127X}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.15560/18.5.967}, url = {https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/86628/}, author = {Galvis Jim{\'e}nez, Sebasti{\'a}n and Chagas-Jr, Amazonas} } @article {1516, title = {New species and new records of the genus Ribautia Br{\"o}lemann, 1909 (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Geophilidae) from South America}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1106}, year = {2006}, month = {10-01-2006}, pages = {45}, chapter = {45}, abstract = {

Two new species of Neotropical Geophilomorpha are described: Ribautia combinata n. sp. from Peru and R. donatellae n. sp. from Brazil. New records from Amazonia are given for R. ducalis Pereira, Minelli \& Barbieri, 1995. R. proxima Pereira, Minelli \& Barbieri, 1994 is recorded for the first time from Guyane fran\çaise. Schizoribautia Br\ölemann, 1912 is synonymized under Ribautia Br\ölemann, 1909, syn. nov.

}, keywords = {Chilopoda, Geophilidae, Geophilomorpha, Myriapoda, Neotropical Regi{\'o}n, new records, new species, Ribautia, South America}, issn = {1175-5334, 1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.1106.1.4}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1106.1.4}, author = {Pereira, Luis A. and Uliana, MARCO and Minelli, Alessandro} } @article {876, title = {A new species of Macroxenus Br{\"o}lemann, 1917 from Peru (Diplopoda: Polyxenida: Polyxenidae)}, journal = {Arthropoda Selecta}, volume = {29}, year = {2020}, month = {15/12/2020}, pages = {408-412}, abstract = {

Abstract: A new millipede species in the genus Macroxenus is described from the Sandoval Lake Reserve, Amazon Basin, Peru. Macroxenus peruensis sp.n. is the first species of polyxenid to be described from Peru, and only the second species in the genus to be reported from South America.

РЕЗЮМЕ: Описан новый вид диплопод рода Macroxenus из заповедника озеро Сандовал в бассейне Амазонки (Перу). Macroxenus peruensis sp.n. \— первый вид семейства Polyxenidae, описанный из Перу, а также лишь второй в этом роде, отмеченный в Южной Америке.

}, keywords = {bristly millipede, South America, Taxonomy, кистехвост, таксономия, Южная Америка}, issn = {0136-006X}, doi = {10.15298/arthsel.29.4.02}, url = {https://kmkjournals.com/journals/AS/AS_Index_Volumes/AS_29/AS_29_4_408_412}, author = {Short, Megan} } @article {432, title = {Ecological niche modeling predicting the potential invasion of the non-native millipede Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847) (Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae) in Brazilian Atlantic Forest}, journal = {Annales de la Soci{\'e}t{\'e} entomologique de France (N.S.)}, year = {2020}, month = {16/11/2020}, pages = {1-8}, abstract = {

Summary: The millipede Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847) is a cosmopolitan introduced species largely recorded in the southeast region of Brazil. The species is considered an agricultural pest with records in poly- or monocultures, and its influence on native communities of plants and invertebrates is still unknown in Brazil. From this perspective, a maximum entropy model was used to explore the predicted distribution of O. gracilis in Brazil. The results showed a highly suitable area in Atlantic Forest (AUC = 0.949 \± 0.02). Considering percent contribution, annual mean temperature (= 54.9) was the main variable which has influenced the modeling. The potentially suitable areas recovered in Atlantic Forest suggest that attention should be given to its possible invasion and the potential damage of O. gracilis to natural communities.

Mod\élisation de la niche \écologique pr\édisant l\’invasion potentielle du mille-pattes non indig\ène Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847) (Polydesmida : Paradoxosomatidae) dans la for\êt atlantique br\ésilienne

R\ésum\é: Le mille-pattes Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847) est une esp\èce introduite cosmopolite et largement observ\ée dans la r\égion sud-est du Br\ésil. L\’esp\èce est consid\ér\ée comme un ravageur agricole des mono- et polycultures, et son influence sur les communaut\és indig\ènes de plantes et d\’invert\ébr\és est encore inconnue au Br\ésil. Dans cette perspective, un mod\èle d\’entropie maximale a \ét\é utilis\é pour explorer la distribution potentielle d\’O. gracilis au Br\ésil. Les r\ésultats ont montr\é une zone favorable \élev\ée dans la for\êt atlantique (AUC = 0.949 \± 0.02). La temp\érature moyenne annuelle (= 54.9) a \ét\é la principale variable qui a influenc\é la mod\élisation. Les zones potentiellement favorables de la for\êt atlantique sugg\èrent qu\’il faut \être vigilant quant \à sa possible invasion et aux dommages potentiels sur les communaut\és indig\ènes.

}, keywords = {Diplopoda, introduced species, potential distribution, South America}, issn = {0037-9271}, doi = {10.1080/00379271.2020.1834873}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00379271.2020.1834873}, author = {Moretti Iniesta, Luiz Felipe and Bouzan, Rodrigo S. and Rodrigues, Patricia E. S. and De Almeida, Tha{\'\i}s Melo and Ott, Ricardo and Brescovit, Antonio D.} } @article {426, title = {Morphological and molecular phylogeny of Epiperipatus (Onychophora: Peripatidae): a combined approach}, journal = {Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society}, year = {2020}, month = {07/11/2020}, pages = {1-31}, abstract = {

Onychophora, or velvet worms, are a key group for understanding ecdysozoan evolution. It comprises two families: Peripatopsidae, largely of Austral distribution, and Peripatidae, which is circumtropical. The interrelationships between the members of Peripatidae present many taxonomic issues exacerbated in the radiation of the Neotropical species or Neopatida. To understand the phylogeny of Neopatida, and to test the information of such morphological characters, we gathered novel molecular and morphological datasets focusing on Neotropical specimens. Our data were analysed using a combination of parsimony and maximum likelihood for the individual and combined molecular and morphological datasets. An analysis of morphology alone was inconclusive, supporting the notion that morphological characters used in peripatid taxonomy have little power to resolve phylogenetic relationships among higher taxa in Neopatida. However, the analyses of molecular or combined data show a split of the Neotropical species into two clades, which we use to reassign genera. Epiperipatus, as currently understood, is non-monophyletic, because it includes species of monotypic genera. To avoid paraphyly of Epiperipatus, the following new combinations are proposed: Epiperipatus bouvieri (Fuhrmann, 1913), Epiperipatus hitoyensis (Oliveira et al., 2012a), Epiperipatus solorzanoi (Morera-Brenes \& Monge-N\ájera, 2010) and Epiperipatus sucuriuensis (Oliveira et al., 2015).

}, keywords = {biogeography, cara{\"\i}bes onychophorans, conserved morphology, Epiperipatus, morphology, Neopatida, New World, Peripatidae, South America, systematics}, issn = {0024-4082}, doi = {10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa100}, url = {https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa100/5959943}, author = {Costa, Cristiano Sampaio and Giribet, Gonzalo and Pinto-Da-Rocha, Ricardo} } @article {251, title = {A chronological catalog of the New World species of Scolopendra L., 1758 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae)}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {1253}, year = {2006}, month = {06/07/2006}, pages = {1-50}, abstract = {

Since 1758, 140 names have been erected for, transferred into, or assigned to species of Scolopendra occurring in the New World. One hundred sixteen are from definite, though sometimes vague, type localities; 18 are for nominal species without type localities; three lack standing in nomenclature and are invalid; and three are nomina nuda. To facilitate future studies and determining synonymies, these names are cataloged in chronological order in four listings plus a summary roster of senior names and junior subjective synonyms. Additional rosters cite primary homonyms needing rectification and species needing neotypes \— ones with revisitable type localities, ones with unknown or overly generalized type localities that cannot be rechecked, and ones whose type specimens may still exist. The Mexican species, S. robusta Kraepelin, 1903, inadvertently reduced to subspecific status under S. gigantea L., 1758, in a popularized booklet, is returned to full specific status and deleted from Colombia, and S. punctiscuta Wood, 1861, is placed in synonymy under S. heros Girard, 1853, which is deleted from India. Scolopendra sumichrasti Saussure, 1860, \& S. olmeca Humbert \& Saussure, 1969, are possible synonyms of S. pomacea C. L. Koch, 1847. The synonymy of S. viridilimbata Daday, 1891, under S. polymorpha Wood, 1861, is accepted, and the following established synonymies are confirmed: under S. alternans Leach, 1815 \— S. sagraea Gervais, 1837, S. cubensis Saussure, 1860, S. complanata, S. multispinata, \& S. grayi, all by Newport, 1844, and S. torquata \& S. testacea, both by Wood, 1861; under S. subspinipes Leach, 1815 \— S. sexspinosa Newport, 1844, and S. placea \& S. lutea, both by Newport, 1845; under S. morsitans L., 1758, S. brandtiana Gervais, 1837, and S. pella Wood, 1861; and under S. viridicornis Newport, 1844, S. punctidens Newport, 1844. The following generic assignments are confirmed: S. lobidens Newport, 1844, in Cormocephalus Newport, 1845; and S. cormocephalina Kohlrausch, 1878, S. longipleura Silvestri, 1895, and S. chilensis \& S. pallida, both by Gervais, 1847, in Hemiscolopendra Kraepelin, 1903. Scolopendra viridicornis Newport, 1844, a plausible inhabitant of Guyana, is deleted from Cuba and the Lesser Antilles. The publication date of S. alternans Leach, previously thought to be 1813, is corrected to 1815, and that of S. arthrorhabdoides Ribaut, previously cited as both 1912 and 1914, is established as 1913.

Recommended citation: Shelley, R. M. (2006): A chronological catalog of the New World species of Scolopendra L., 1758 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae). Zootaxa, 1253 (1): 1-50. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1253.1.1

}, keywords = {Antilles, Central America, Neotropical, NORTH AMERICA, Scolopendra, South America, West Indies}, issn = {1175-5334}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1253.1.1}, url = {https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1253.1.1}, author = {Shelley, Rowland M.} }