Order Scolopendromorpha - Tropical Centipedes

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References

Tropical Centipede - Scolopendra viridis

Scolopendra heros -- giant redheaded centipede - Scolopendra heros

Giant Red-Headed Centipede - Scolopendra heros

Florida Blue Centipede - Hemiscolopendra marginata

Scolopocryptops sexspin - Scolopocryptops

Scolopendra heros arizonensis - Scolopendra heros - Scolopendra heros

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Chilopoda (Centipedes)

Order Scolopendromorpha (Tropical Centipedes)

Numbers

There are 21 species of Scolopendromorpha Centipedes native to North America, north of Mexico. (Plus six introduced species.)

Identification

21 or 23 pairs of legs.

Range

Distribution of Scolopendromorpha in North America - Dr. Rowland M. Shelley

Food

Predacious

Remarks

They can bite and also pinch with their last pair of legs.

Print References

Cloudsley-Thompson, J.L. 1958. Spiders, Scorpions, Centipedes, and Mites. (revised, 1968). Pegamon, Oxford. 228 pp.

Shelley, R. M. 2002. A synopsis of the North American centipedes of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda). Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir 5:1-108.

Internet References

Scolopendromorpha Centipedes of North America, north of Mexico - Dr. Rowland M. Shelley, Curator of Terrestrial Invertebrates, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences

Centipedes and Millipedes with Emphasis on North America Fauna - Rowland M. Shelley

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:31pm
Additional contributions by Lynette, Mike Quinn
Last updated 23 November, 2007 - 10:09am

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