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| Scolopendropsis duplicata Chagas-Jr, Edgecombe & Minelli, 2008 in Schileyko, Vahtera & Edgecombe, 2020. |
Abstract
The extant genera and subgenera of the order Scolopendromorpha are critically reviewed and provided with updated diagnoses and a new identification key; the most recent revisions of scolopendromorph genera are concisely summarised. Rhoda Meinert, 1886 and Cryptops (Chromatanops) Verhoeff, 1906 are suggested to be a junior synonyms of Scolopendropsis Brandt, 1841 and Cryptops (Cryptops) Leach, 1814, respectively. The subgeneric status is formally fixed for Cryptops (Paracryptops) Pocock, 1891 and Cormocephalus (Campylostigmus) Ribaut, 1923; the taxonomic status of the former genus Kanparka Waldock & Edgecombe, 2012 is discussed. As a result of synonymies, the number of scolopendromorph genera and subgenera is currently 37. The formal status of the former tribes Scolopendrini Leach, 1814, Asanadini Verhoeff, 1907 and Arrhabdotini Attems, 1930 is briefly discussed; the presence of the sexual dimorphism among the taxa of generic level is overviewed.
Keywords: Myriapoda, genera and subgenera, identification key, updated diagnoses, new statuses, new synonymy, Scolopendromorpha, taxonomic notes
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| general view dorsally; Scolopendropsis duplicata Chagas-Jr, Edgecombe & Minelli, 2008 (photo by Dr. Amazonas Chagas-Jr.) |
Order Scolopendromorpha
Family Scolopocryptopidae Pocock, 1896
Subfamily Scolopocryptopinae Pocock, 1896
Scolopocryptops Newport, 1844
Subfamily Kethopinae Shelley, 2002
Kethops Chamberlin, 1912
Thalkethops Crabill, 1960
Subfamily Newportiinae Pocock, 1896
Newportia Gervais, 1847
Newportia (Newportia) Gervais, 1847 stat. nov.
Newportia (Newportides) Chamberlin, 1921
Newportia (Tidops) Chamberlin, 1915
The former subfamily Ectonocryptopinae Shelley & Mercurio, 2005
Newportia (Ectonocryptops) Crabill, 1977
Newportia (Ectonocryptoides) Shelley & Mercurio, 2005
Family Cryptopidae Kohlrausch, 1881
Cryptops (Cryptops) Leach, 1814
Cryptops (Chromatanops) Verhoeff, 1906
Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) Verhoeff, 1906
Cryptops (Haplocryptops) Verhoeff, 1934
Cryptops (Paracryptops) Pocock, 1891 stat. nov.
Family Mimopidae Lewis, 2006
Mimops Kraepelin, 1903
Family Plutoniumidae Bollman, 1893
Plutonium Cavanna, 1881
Theatops Newport, 1844
Family Scolopendridae Leach, 1814
Subfamily Scolopendrinae Leach, 1814
The former tribe Scolopendrini Leach, 1814
Scolopendra L., 1758
The former genus Kanparka Waldock & Edgecombe, 2012 (= Scolopendra)
Arthrorhabdus Pocock, 1891
Tonkinodentus Schileyko, 1992
Cormocephalus (Cormocephalus) Newport, 1844
Cormocephalus (Campylostigmus) Ribaut, 1923 stat. nov.
Hemiscolopendra Kraepelin, 1903
Akymnopellis Shelley, 2008
Psiloscolopendra Kraepelin, 1903
Notiasemus L.E. Koch, 1985
Scolopendropsis Brandt, 1841
The former tribe Asanadini Verhoeff, 1907
Asanada Meinert, 1886
Asanadopsis Würmli
Subfamily Otostigminae Kraepelin, 1903
Tribe Otostigmini Kraepelin, 1903
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) Porat, 1876
Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) Pocock, 1896
Otostigmus (Dactylotergitius) Verhoeff, 1937
Digitipes Attems, 1930
Alipes Imhoff, 1854
Ethmostigmus Pocock, 1898
Rhysida H.C. Wood, 1862
Alluropus Silvestri, 1911
The former tribe Arrhabdotini Attems, 1930
Edentistoma Tömösváry, 1882
Tribe Sterropristini Verhoeff, 1937
Sterropristes Attems, 1934
Arkady A. Schileyko, Varpu Vahtera and Gregory D. Edgecombe. 2020. An Overview of the Extant Genera and Subgenera of the Order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda): A New Identification Key and Updated Diagnoses. Zootaxa. 4825(1) ; 1-64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4825.1.1
