Hemiscolopendra is a genus of bark centipedes in the family Scolopendridae. There are about six described species in Hemiscolopendra, found in North, Central, and South America.[1][2][3][4]
| Hemiscolopendra | |
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| Hemiscolopendra marginata, Texas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
| Family: | Scolopendridae |
| Genus: | Hemiscolopendra Kraepelin, 1903 |
Species
editThese six species belong to the genus Hemiscolopendra:
- Hemiscolopendra chilensis Gervais, 1847
- Hemiscolopendra laevigata Porat, 1876
- Hemiscolopendra marginata (Say, 1821) (eastern bark centipede)
- Hemiscolopendra michaelseni Attems, 1903
- Hemiscolopendra perdita Chamberlin, 1955
- Hemiscolopendra platei Attems, 1903
References
edit- ^ "Hemiscolopendra Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ "Hemiscolopendra". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ "Hemiscolopendra genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ Shelley, R. M. "The myriapods, the world's leggiest animals". University of Tennessee. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
edit- Jeekel, Casimir Albrecht Willem (2005). "Nomenclator generum et familiarum Chilopodorum: a list of the genus and family-group names in the Class Chilopoda from the 10th edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1957". Myriapod Memoranda. 1.
- Shelley, Rowland M. (2002). A synopsis of the North American centipedes of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda). Virginia Museum of Natural History.
- Undheim, Eivind A. B.; King, Glenn F. (2011). "On the venom system of centipedes (Chilopoda), a neglected group of venomous animals". Toxicon. 57 (4): 512–524. doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2011.01.004. PMID 21255597.
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