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Type: Article
Published: 2013-10-22
Page range: 219–244
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An annotated checklist of centipedes (Chilopoda) of Vietnam

Faculty of Biology, Hanoi University of Education, 136, Xuanthuy Str., Caugiay, Hanoi, Vietnam
Vietnamese-Russian Tropical Center, 3, Nguyenvanhuyen Str., Caugiay, Hanoi, Vietnam
Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18, Hoangquocviet Rd., Caugiay, Hanoi, Vietnam
checklist centipedes Chilopoda Vietnam

Abstract

The centipede fauna of Vietnam is reviewed from the literature. A total of 71 species in 26 genera, 13 families in four orders, Scolopendromorpha, Geophilomorpha, Lithobiomorpha and Scutigeromorpha, has been recorded from Vietnam. Four genera, Tonkinodentus, Alluropus, Anopsobiella and Megalacrus, are monotypic; and twenty-two species and subspecies are known only from Vietnam. Distribution data for each species is provided here to promote further studies on the centipede fauna of Vietnam.