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Arthrorhabdus pygmaeus

Description

Arthrorhabdus pygmaeus (Pocock, 1895)

Type locality. México, Guerrero, Amula. Note: The modern name of Amula is Almolonga.

Exemplars examined. Jalisco: Chamela, 25/X/2001, coll. J.L. Castelo, 1 ex. Puebla: Tierra Amarilla near Zapotitlán, 12/III/1999, coll. E. González, 1 ex. San Luis Potosí: Ciudad Valles-Río Verde Highway, 10/III/2000, 2 exs.

Geographical distribution. Belize (potential), México and southwestern USA (Shelley 2002; Shelley and Chagas 2004).

Distribution in México. Baja California Sur, Coahuila, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, and Tamaulipas (Shelley 2002; Shelley and Chagas 2004).

Notes

Published as part of Cupul-Magaña, Fabio Germán, 2010, An annotated list of the centipedes (Chilopoda) in the National Collection of Arachnids, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, pp. 1-10 in Insecta Mundi 2010 (125) on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5164402

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Pocock
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Scolopendromorpha
Family
Scolopendridae
Genus
Arthrorhabdus
Species
pygmaeus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Arthrorhabdus pygmaeus (Pocock, 1895) sec. Cupul-Magaña, 2010

References

  • Pocock, R. I. 1895 - 1910. Chilopoda and Diplopoda. Biologia Centrali-Americana 14: 1 - 217 p., 15 pl.
  • Shelley, R. M. 2002. A synopsis of the North American centipedes of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda). Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir (5): 1 - 108.
  • Shelley, R. M., and A. Jr. Chagas. 2004. The centipede genus Arthrorhabdus Pocock, 1891, in the western hemisphere: potential occurrence of A. pygmaeus (Pocock, 1895) in Belize (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae: Scolopendrinae). Western North American Naturalist 64 (4): 532 - 537.