Species concept: Morphological Species Concept
Scolopendra polymorpha occurs in the USA and Mexico, and it has been introduced into the Hawaiian Islands. USA: Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, and California (see Shelley, 2002: 23[1]). Recorded from the Hawaiian Islands by Selley (2000: 44)[2]. Recorded from Louisiana, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington by Shelley (2002: 25-27)[1]. It does not occur at high elevations in the Rocky Mountains and associated ranges in the USA, from northern New Mexico northward and in the eastern Colorado Plateau, so its range is not continuous in the north (Shelley, 2002: 24[1]; Shelley, 2006: 16[3]). Mexico: Baja California (Norte), Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Sonora, Querétaro, and Puebla (see Shelley, 2002: 23[1]). Recorded from Coahuila, Nuevo León, Durango, Zacatecas, and Guerrero by Shelley (2002: 28)[1]. Recorded from Jalisco by Cupul-Magaña (2009a: 81-82). Recorded from Distrito Federal, Hidalgo, Morelos, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, and Tamaulipas by Cupul-Magaña (2010a: 4-5). Recorded from Michoacán by Cupul-Magaña (2013a: 5).
Deleted records: Central America, Belize, Honduras, Venezuela, and Brazil (see Shelley, 2002: 25[1]).
References
- , «A synopsis of the North American centipedes of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda)», Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir, vol. 5, pp. 1-108, 2002.
- , «The centipede order Scolopendromorpha in the Hawaiian Islands (Chilopoda)», Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, vol. 64, pp. 39-48, 2000.
- , «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.