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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Tropical Centipedes (Scolopendromorpha) » Scolopendridae » Scolopendra
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Which Centipede ? - Scolopendra
Copyright © 2007 Robert L. Pearson

Which Centipede ? - Scolopendra
Skull Valley, (WSW of Prescott 10 miles), Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
June 26, 2007

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Contributed by Robert L. Pearson on 25 January, 2008 - 4:16pm
Last updated 10 July, 2009 - 10:57pm

Moved
Moved from Tropical Centipedes.
… John R. Maxwell, 10 July, 2009 - 10:57pm login or register to post comments

It's either Scolopendra virid
It's either Scolopendra viridis Say, 1821, or S. polymorpha Wood, 1861; can't distinguish between them from these photos. Scolopocryptops, as one comment says, has 23 pairs of legs & pedal segments, whereas this one has 21, and it lacks eyes, whereas this one has 4 ocelli on each side of the head just caudal to the antennae. Rowland Shelley
… Rowland Shelley, 30 January, 2008 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

Scolopendromorpha.
I count 21 pairs of legs. Possibly Scolopocryptops?
… Patrick Theobald, 25 January, 2008 - 4:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Patrick
I tried counting, but the shadows confused me.
… Robert L. Pearson, 25 January, 2008 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

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