Scolopendra arthrorhabdoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Genus: Scolopendra
Species:
S. arthrorhabdoides
Binomial name
Scolopendra arthrorhabdoides
Ribault, 1912

Scolopendra arthrorhabdoides is a species of Scolopendrid centipede found in Colombia.[1][2][3][4] It was described in 1912 by Henri Ribaut.[1][2][4]

Appearance

Scolopendra arthrorhabdoides is a small species, the type specimen measuring only 45 mm in length.[2][4] Its maximum length is 59 mm.[4] S. arthrorhabdoides has a green trunk, grey legs, and olive green antennae.[4] Its ultimate legs are dark blue.[5] Its antennae are divided into 17 articles (antennomeres)[6]

Distribution

S. arthrorhabdoides is found only in parts of Colombia between altitudes of 150 and 1550 m. Within its range, it is most common in Meta.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 ".:CHILOBASE:". chilobase.biologia.unipd.it. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  2. 1 2 3 Société des sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel; Neuchâtel, Société des sciences naturelles de (1914). Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel. Vol. 5.
  3. ↑ "Scolopendra arthrorhabdoides Ribaut, 1912". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Chagas-Jr, Amazonas; Jiménez, Sebastián Galvis (2018-05-29). "Taxonomic reassessment and redescription of Scolopendra arthrorhabdoides Ribaut, 1913, with a discussion on its related species (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae)". Zootaxa. 4425 (1): 153. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4425.1.9. ISSN 1175-5334.
  5. 1 2 "Scolopendra arthrorhabdoides Ribaut, 1912". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  6. ↑ Lewis, John G. E. (2016). "On the consistency of some taxonomic characters in the Scolopendromorpha and comments on the scolopocryptopid subfamily Kethopinae (Myriapoda: Chilopoda)" (PDF). Acta Soc. Zool. Bohem. 80: 21–31. ISSN 1211-376X.

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