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Issue: Vol. 4425 No. 1: 29 May 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-05-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.1.9
Page range: 153–164
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Taxonomic reassessment and redescription of Scolopendra arthrorhabdoides Ribaut, 1913, with a discussion on its related species (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae)

Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso. Avenida Fernando Correa da Costa, 2367, Boa Esperança, CEP-78060-900, Cuiabá, MT, Brasil
Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
Myriapoda Centipede Chilopoda Scolopendra taxonomy Colombia Venezuela

Abstract

Scolopendra arthrorhabdoides Ribaut, 1913 is redescribed based on fresh material. Its taxonomic status is evaluated and compared with Scolopendra armata Kraepelin, 1903 and Scolopendra alternans Leach, 1816. The geographical distribution of S. arthrorhabdoides is also revised. Scolopendra armata is reported from Colombia for the first time.

 

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