01655nas a2200205 4500008004100000022002500041245020400066210006900270300001200339490000700351520085900358653001401217653002301231653003001254653002501284653003501309100001801344700001601362856007101378 2000 eng d a0394-6975, 1970-952800aNeotype designation and a diagnostic account for the centipede,Scolopendra gigantea L. 1758, with an account ofS. galapagoensis Bollman 1889 (Chilopoda Scolopendromorpha Scolopendridae)0 aNeotype designation and a diagnostic account for the centipedeiS a159-1700 v133 a

The oldest species-group name in the chilopod order Scolopendromorpha and family Scolopendridae, Scolopendra gigantea Linnaeus 1758, is stabilized in accordance with the current concept by designating a neotype specimen from northern Venezuela. The species occurs in northern Colombia and Venezuela, and on Trinidad, Isla Margarita, Curaçao, and Aruba; records from the US Virgin Islands, Haiti, Mexico, and Honduras are deemed to represent accidental human importations or labeling errors. Scolopendra galapagoensis Bollman 1889 occurs in Cocos Island, the Galápagos Islands, and along the Pacific Coast of South America and the western slope of the Andes from Ecuador to southern Peru. Scolopendra gigantea weyrauchi Bücherl 1950 is placed in synonymy under S. galapagoensis Bollman 1889.

10aCentipede10aGalápagos Islands10aScolopendra galapagoensis10aScolopendra gigantea10aScolopendra gigantea weyrauchi1 aShelley, R.M.1 aKiser, S.B. uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/03946975.2000.10531129