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Centipede - Scolopocryptops sexspinosus
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Schimming

Centipede - Scolopocryptops sexspinosus
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
February 24, 2006

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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 25 February, 2006 - 9:31pm
Last updated 7 March, 2007 - 10:29pm

Moved
Moved from Tropical Centipedes.
… Lynette Schimming, 7 March, 2007 - 10:29pm

Head of Scolopocryptops sexsp
Head of Scolopocryptops sexspinosus (Say, 1821). Note the absence of ocelli, in contrast to Scolopendridae; note also that only the 1st antennomere (antennal article) is glossy while all the others are fuzzy. In this species the transition from sparsely to densely hirsute antennomeres occurs at the very 1st article, while in another eastern species of this genus, the transition occurs at the 2nd article.
… Rowland Shelley, 7 March, 2007 - 9:27pm

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