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Species Scolopocryptops sexspinosus

Centipede - Scolopocryptops sexspinosus Scolopocryptops sexspin - Scolopocryptops sexspinosus Tropical Centipede - Scolopocryptops sexspinosus Red Centepede - Scolopocryptops sexspinosus Scolopocryptops sexspinosus Centipede - Scolopocryptops sexspinosus Centipede - Scolopocryptops sexspinosus Scolopocryptops sexspinosus? - Scolopocryptops sexspinosus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Chilopoda (Centipedes)
Order Scolopendromorpha (Bark Centipedes)
Family Scolopocryptopidae
Genus Scolopocryptops
Species sexspinosus (Scolopocryptops sexspinosus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Scolopocryptops sexspinosus (Say, 1821)
Identification
Quoting Dr. Rowland Shelley's comments at:

"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."
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Range
e. US (MA-so.WI-NE-e.TX) & se. ON (map--dead link)(1)