Scolopendra Linnaeus 1758
Authors/Creators
- 1. Systematic Zoology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami-osawa 1 - 1 Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, 192 - 0397 Japan
- 2. Center for Molecular Biodiversity Research, National Museum of Nature and Science, Amakubo 4 - 4 - 1 Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, 305 - 0005 Japan. s-hiruta @ kahaku. go. jp; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7890 - 1720
- 3. Systematic Zoology Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami-osawa 1 - 1 Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, 192 - 0397 Japan & antist 2007 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1054 - 1295
- 4. Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taipei City, 106332 Taiwan
- 5. Science Research Center, Hosei University, Fujimi 2 - 17 - 1 Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102 - 8160 Japan
Description
Preliminary taxonomic key to the Japanese-Taiwanese Scolopendra species
In the following key, body coloration is used for discriminating S. mutilans and S. subspinipes because of the lack of the other discriminative morphological characters. However, the reliability of body coloration in discrimination of Scolopendra species is controversial (Chao & Chang 2003, Shinohara et al. 2015). Further morphological surveys using adequate specimens of both these species are needed.
1 T21 with median suture.......................................................... S. morsitans Linnaeus, 1758
- T21 without median suture.............................................................................. 2
2 Gonopods present in male.............................................................................. 3
- Gonopods absent in male............................................................................... 5
3 Tarsal spur only on legs 1–19.......................................................... S. japonica Koch, 1878
- Tarsal spur on legs 1–19(20)............................................................................ 4
4 Head and body dark brown in adult (monochromatic).................................... S. subspinipes Leach, 1816
- Head and T1 red or reddish brown, body dark green in adult (dichromatic)...................... S. mutilans Koch, 1878
5 Ratio of length of prefemur and femur 1.2:1, femur and tibia 1.7:1, tibia and tarsus 1 1.8:1; tarsus 1 and tarsus 2 1.5:1; cephalic plate with large puncta; penis absent in male........................................... S. multidens Newport, 1844
- Ratio of length of prefemur and femur 1.1:1; femur and tibia 1.1:1; tibia and tarsus 1 1.3:1; tarsus 1 and tarsus 2 2.9:1; cephalic plate with small puncta; penis present in male............................. S. alcyona Tsukamoto & Shimano, sp. nov.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Scolopendromorpha
- Family
- Scolopendridae
- Genus
- Scolopendra
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Tsukamoto, Hiruta, Eguchi, Liao & Shimano, 2021
References
- Chao, J. L. & Chang, H. W. (2003) The scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda) of Taiwan. African Invertebrates, 44 (1), 1 - 11.
- Shinohara, K., Takano, M. & Ishii, K. (2015) Chilopoda. In: Aoki, J. (Ed.), Pictorial keys to soil animals of Japan. Tokay University Press, Tokyo, pp. 873 - 910.
- Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae. Editio Decima. Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp.
- Koch, L. (1878) Japanesische Arachniden und Myriopoden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 27, 285 - 295.
- Leach, W. E. (1816) A tabular view of the external characters of four classes of animals, which Linne arranged under Insecta; with the distribution of the genera composing three of these classes into orders, & c. and descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 11, 306 - 400. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1813. tb 00065. x
- Newport, G. (1844) XIII. - A list of the species of Myriapoda, order Chilopoda, contained in the cabinets of the British Museum, with synoptic descriptions of forty-seven new species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology, Series 1, 13 (82), 94 - 101. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 03745484409442576