Scolopendra gigantea, antennae, forcipular coxosternite, prefemoral spines, second maxilla, second maxillae, distomesal prefemoral process, prefemoral spine

General description: 

Species concept: Morphological Species Concept

Distribution: 

Panama (Quintero Arias & Cupul-Magaña, 2013: 13)[1], the Caribbean coastline of northern South America including Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname (Shelley, 2006: 5)[2], and the islands of Aruba, Curaçao, Margarita Island, and Trinidad (Shelley & Kiser, 2000: 163[3]; Shelley, 2006: 5[2]).

Doubtful records and deletions: Specimens from the US Virgin Islands, Haiti, Mexico, and Honduras are assumed to represent accidental human importations or perhaps labeling errors; with only one individual from each of these areas, the species does not appear to be established in any of them (Shelley & Kiser, 2000: 163[3]; Shelley, 2006: 5[2]). Kraepelin (1903: 233)[4] and Attems (1930: 40)[5] cited Brazil and Chile for S. gigantea, which were deleted by Shelley & Kiser (2000: 163, 165)[3].

Records needing confirmation: Brazil: Goiás & Alagoas states (Bücherl, 1942[6]; Shelley, 2006: 5[2]).

References

  1. D. Quintero Arias y Cupul-Magaña, F. Gán, «First record of Scolopendra gigantea Linnaeus, 1758 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae) from Panama», Boletín del Museo de Entomología de la Universidad del Valle, vol. 14, n.º 2, pp. 12-15, 2013.
  2. R. M. Shelley, «A chronological catalog of the New World species of Scolopendra L., 1758 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae)», Zootaxa, vol. 1253, n.º 1, pp. 1-50, 2006.
  3. R. M. Shelley y Kiser, S. B., «Neotype designation and a diagnostic account for the centipede,Scolopendra gigantea L. 1758, with an account ofS. galapagoensis Bollman 1889 (Chilopoda Scolopendromorpha Scolopendridae)», Tropical Zoology, vol. 13, n.º 1, pp. 159-170, 2000.
  4. K. Kraepelin, «Revision der Scolopendriden», Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, vol. 20, pp. 1-276, 1903.
  5. C. Attems, Myriapoda. 2. Scolopendromorpha, vol. 54. Berlin, Leipzig: De Gruyter, 1930, p. 308.
  6. W. Bücherl, «Catálogo dos Quilópodos da zona neotrópica», Memórias do Instituto Butantan, vol. 15, pp. 251–372, 1942.
Taxonomic name: 
Scolopendra gigantea (Taxonomy), antennae (Morphology), forcipular coxosternite (Morphology), prefemoral spines (Morphology), second maxilla (Morphology), second maxillae (Morphology), distomesal prefemoral process (Morphology), prefemoral spine (Morphology)
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