Similar to Scutigeromorph? - Scutigera

Moved

Moved from Sphenodononema guildingii. I collected a specimen here at the WBC and sent it to Dr. Shelley, who identified it to this genus using antennal characters. No word on species yet...

… Joshua Stuart Rose, 1 October, 2007 - 10:59am

Moved

Moved from House Centipede.

… john and jane balaban, 10 March, 2007 - 2:54pm

Yes, now I see the red spots

Yes, now I see the red spots that I missed before, which do suggest Sphendononema guildgii.

Any possibility that you could drop this centipede in alcohol and send it to me? If it truly is S.g., it constitutes a new species, genus, and family (Pselliodidae) for the US, but I would need to examine it myself under my microscope to determine this for certain. If so, please mail it to me at the following address:

Dr. Rowland M. Shelley
Research lab.
North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences
4301 Reedy Creek Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27607

… Rowland Shelley, 10 March, 2007 - 2:49pm

Ever have that sinking feeling?

I'm a shoot-on-the-fly kind of photographer, and I never keep specimens unless they are already dead. This was something my sister-in-law found in her house and sent to me via her sister. I took the photos and then released it outside. It never occured to me it might be something unusual until I saw the entry under the WBC specimen, and by then it was too late.

We are anxiously awaiting my sister-in-law's return from her vacation, to see where the plant it was found on came from. If we can find either that or another specimen -- or if that one comes around where I can find it again -- I'll update here.

… Deborah Carroll, 11 March, 2007 - 7:07pm

Moved

Moved from House Centipedes.

… john and jane balaban, 9 March, 2007 - 8:52pm

Clarification?

This specimen was captured about 275 miles north of the World Birding Center where Joshua Rose got the shot of what seems to be a specimen of Sphenodononema guildingii. It has the same red spots as his specimen, which are absent from these other specimens, as nearly as I can tell from the photos.

It seems to me the two are more similar to each other than this is to the other specimens in this grouping. Can someone clarify what makes this one different?

… Deborah Carroll, 9 March, 2007 - 11:18pm

I suppose this is Scutigera c

I suppose this is Scutigera coleoptrata, although 3 other nominal species of Scutigera have been described from Texas; whethere they are valid species of synonyms of S. coleoptrata remans to be determined.

… Rowland Shelley, 7 March, 2007 - 9:46pm