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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Bark Centipedes (Scolopendromorpha) » Plutoniumidae » Theatops » Theatops posticus
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Centipede - Theatops posticus
Copyright © 2004 Troy Bartlett

Centipede - Theatops posticus
Till Ridge Cove, near Dillard, Georgia, USA
May 13, 2000
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Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Last updated 10 March, 2007 - 6:47pm

Moved
Moved from Tropical Centipedes.
… john and jane balaban, 10 March, 2007 - 6:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Centipede
I have worked at an outdoor school for 12 years on the the west side of the Sierras in CA. We found a centipede like this about 5 inches long. Very agressive and wide as well. Would love to know what it is 'cause I've never seen one.
… shelleyo, 12 April, 2013 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

Cryptopidae: Plutoniuminae
Theatops posticus (Say, 1821), one 4 species of Theatops in the US and the more widespread of the 2 occurring east of the Mississippi River. Note the absence of ocelli and the 21 pairs of legs & pedal segments, which place the specimen in Cryptopidae. The enlarged, heavily sclerotized, forcipulate caudal legs and the longer ultimate segment (longer than any of the others) identify the specimen as Theatops.
… Rowland Shelley, 7 March, 2007 - 9:13pm login or register to post comments

Either Scolopocryptops or Theatops
The thickened cerci almost point to Theatops. How large was this animal?
… Ed Corey, 28 November, 2006 - 11:16am login or register to post comments

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