Hemiscolopendra

Hemiscolopendra is a genus of bark centipedes in the family Scolopendridae. There are about six described species in Hemiscolopendra, found in North, Central, and South America.[1][2][3][4]

Hemiscolopendra
Hemiscolopendra marginata, Texas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Scolopendromorpha
Family:	Scolopendridae
Genus:	Hemiscolopendra Kraepelin, 1903

Species

These six species belong to the genus Hemiscolopendra:

• Hemiscolopendra chilensis Gervais, 1847
• Hemiscolopendra laevigata Porat, 1876
• Hemiscolopendra marginata (Say, 1821) (eastern bark centipede)
• Hemiscolopendra michaelseni Attems, 1903
• Hemiscolopendra perdita Chamberlin, 1955
• Hemiscolopendra platei Attems, 1903

References

1. "Hemiscolopendra Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
2. "Hemiscolopendra". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
3. "Hemiscolopendra genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
4. Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

• Jeekel, Casimir Albrecht Willem (2005). "Nomenclator generum et familiarum Chilopodorum: a list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Chilopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957". Myriapod Memoranda. 1.
• Shelley, Rowland M. (2002). A synopsis of the North American centipedes of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda). Virginia Museum of Natural History.
• Undheim, Eivind A. B.; King, Glenn F. (2011). "On the venom system of centipedes (Chilopoda), a neglected group of venomous animals". Toxicon. 57 (4): 512–524. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.01.004. PMID 21255597.