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Scolopendra abnormis Lewis and Daszak

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Scolopendra abnormis Lewis and Daszak

Scolopendra abnormis Lewis and Daszak, 1996: 294, ®gures 1±12.

Previous records Mauritius. Round and Serpent Islands (Lewis and Daszak, 1996).

Material studied

Mauritius. Round Island. Three spms 52Y, 116Y, 291 T 31 July to 22 August 1978, B. Alexander, Edinburgh University (Natural History Museum, London). Two spms, 78 and 88 mm, bases of dead Latania leaves on tree, 10 spms 17±21 mm, eight spms 32±65 mm, crevices in tuOE rock and under stones, 1± 3 November 1995,. Cottingham, P. Daszak, J. G. E. and S. J. Lewis and E. Wenman. Serpent Island. Thirteen spms, 39±81 mm under slabs of tuOE rock and in cavities under tuOE rocks. One spm, 69 mm, with 40 eggs, P. Cottingham and P. Daszak, 4 November 1995.

Notes

Published as part of Lewis, JGE, 2002, their adjacent islets (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha), pp. 79-106 in Journal of Natural History 36 on page 83

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Biodiversity

Collection code
T
Event date
1978-07-31 , 1995-11-04
Verbatim event date
1978-07-31/08-22 , 1995-11-04
Scientific name authorship
Lewis and Daszak
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Scolopendromorpha
Family
Scolopendridae
Genus
Scolopendra
Species
abnormis
Taxon rank
species