Scolopendridae

The Scolopendridae are a family of large centipedes (class Chilopoda). One member of this family, Scolopendra cataracta, is known to be amphibious.[1] [2] [3]

Scolopendridae
Temporal range: 122.46–0 Ma Early Cretaceous to present
Scolopendra cingulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Newport, 1844
Genera

See text.

General

[4]

  • Alipes Imhoff, 1854 (= Eucorybas)
  • Alluropus Silvestri, 1911
  • Arthrorhabdus Pocock, 1891 (= Arthrorhabdinus)
  • Asanada Meinert, 1885 (= Pseudocryptops)
  • Asanadopsis
  • Campylostigmus Ribaut, 1923
  • Colobopleurus Kraepelin, 1903
  • Cormocephalus Newport, 1845
  • Digitipes Attems, 1930
  • Edentistoma Tömösváry, 1882 (= Anodontastoma, Arrhabdotus)
  • Ethmostigmus Pocock, 1898 (= Dacetum, Heterostoma)
  • Hemiscolopendra Kraepelin, 1903
  • Malaccolabis
  • Notiasemus Koch, 1985
  • Otostigmus Porat, 1876 (= Branchiotrema)
  • Psiloscolopendra Kraepelin, 1903
  • Rhoda Meinert, 1886 (= Pithopus)
  • Rhysida Wood, 1862 (= Branchiostoma, Ethmophorus, Ptychotrema, Trematoptychus)
  • Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758
  • Scolopendropsis Brandt, 1841
  • Sterropristes

The earliest record of this family is †Cratoraricrus, an extinct genus from the Early Cretaceous of the Crato Formation of Brazil.[5]

References
  1. Holmes, O. (1 July 2016). "Giant swimming, venomous centipede discovered by accident in world-first". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. Bates, M. (26 June 2016). "'Horrific' First Amphibious Centipede Discovered". National Geographic. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  3. Siriwut, W.; Edgecombe, G. D.; Sutcharit, C.; Tongkerd, P.; Panha, S. (2016). "A taxonomic review of the centipede genus Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae) in mainland Southeast Asia, with description of a new species from Laos". ZooKeys. 590: 1–124. doi:10.3897/zookeys.590.7950. PMC 4926625. PMID 27408540.
  4. "Sterropristes", Animal Diversity Web, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, accessed March 26, 2017
  5. "Fossilworks: Cratoraricrus oberlii". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
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