Species concept: Morphological Species Concept
Diagnosis: Antennae with transition from sparsely to densely hirsute articles varying from articles 6-9. Cephalic plate overlapping anterior margin of T1. T1 with prominent, procurved anterior transverse sulcus, with or without variably complete or incomplete paramedian sutures. TT2-20 with complete paramedian sutures. T21 with complete or variably incomplete median suture. Tarsus 1 of locomotory legs without spurs. L21 articles generally elongate; spines on ventral surfaces of prefemora arranged generally in three variably sublinear rows, two lateral and one medial to midlines; Distomesal prefemoral process relatively short and bulbous, with two apical/subapical spines, more distal curved caudad.
Diagnosis modified from Shelley (2008: 174)[1].
References
- , “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.”, International Journal of Myriapodology, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 171-204, 2008.
USA, from the southern Atlantic Coast to west Texas, and Mexico (Shelley, 2008: 172). The occurrence in Mexico was discounted by Shelley (2002)[1] but confirmed by Shelley (2008), who summarized the records from Tamaulipas, Guerrero, and Chiapas states. Cupul-Magaña et al. (2018: 2)[2] provided the first record from San Luis Potosí.
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.
- , “First record of parental care in the scolopendrid centipede Hemiscolopendra marginata (Say, 1821) from Mexico (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae)”, The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 1-3, 2018.