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Taxonomy of Order Scolopendromorpha Leach, 1815
Bark Centipedes, Scolopendromorph centipedes, Tropical centipedes


Class
 		Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817
Centiped, Centipede, Centipedes, Centipeds, Chilopods		39
800
8460		Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 		Pleurostigmophora
Pocock, 1902
34
746
8162		Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 		Epimorpha
Haase, 1880
27
532
5225		Families
Genera
Species

Order
 		Scolopendromorpha
Leach, 1815
Bark Centipedes, Scolopendromorph centipedes		5
104
2151		Families
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Scolopendromorpha Leach, 1815
SuperfamilyScolopendroidea
Gerv, 1837
2
83
1867		Families
Genera
Species
FamilyMimopidae
Lewis, 2006
1
2		Genus
Species
FamilyPlutoniumidae
Bollman, 1893
3
15		Genera
Species
FamilyScolopocryptopidae
Pocock, 1896
12
265		Genera
Species
GenusMazoscolopendra ♰
Mundel, 1979
0Species
GenusPalenarthrus
Scudder, 1890
0Species
GenusPermocrassacus
Khramov, Shear, Mercurio & Kopylov, 2018
1Species
GenusPermocryptops
Khramov, Shear, Mercurio & Kopylov, 2018
1Species
GenusVelocipede ♰
Martill & Barker, 1998
0Species

Synonyms
Scolopendrida (O. P.-Cambridge, 1881)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Scolopendromorpha
GermanRiesenläufer
EnglishBark Centipedes, Scolopendromorph centipedes, Tropical centipedes
SwedishSkolopendrar


Distribution and Species lists of Scolopendromorpha Leach, 1815
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Afghanistan
2 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesAlbania
2 Families  2 Genera  6 SpeciesAlgeria
2 Families  5 Genera  12 SpeciesAndorra
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAngola
2 Families  7 Genera  16 SpeciesArgentina
3 Families  11 Genera  26 SpeciesAustralia
3 Families  15 Genera  114 SpeciesAustria
2 Families  2 Genera  8 SpeciesAzerbaijan
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesBahamas
2 Families  4 Genera  8 SpeciesBangladesh
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesBarbados
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBelarus
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesBelgium
2 Families  2 Genera  7 SpeciesBelize
2 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesBenin
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesBhutan
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesBolivia
2 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesBosnia and Herzegovina
3 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesBotswana
1 Families  2 Genera  6 SpeciesBrazil
4 Families  16 Genera  114 SpeciesBrunei
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBulgaria
2 Families  2 Genera  6 SpeciesCambodia
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesCameroon
2 Families  5 Genera  11 SpeciesCanada
3 Families  5 Genera  11 SpeciesCape Verde
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCentral African Republic
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesChad
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesChile
2 Families  5 Genera  21 SpeciesChina
4 Families  9 Genera  43 SpeciesColombia
3 Families  11 Genera  55 SpeciesComoros
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesCook Islands
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesCosta Rica
3 Families  8 Genera  11 SpeciesCroatia
3 Families  3 Genera  14 SpeciesCuba
3 Families  7 Genera  18 SpeciesCyprus
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesCzech Republic
2 Families  2 Genera  4 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
2 Families  9 Genera  36 SpeciesDenmark
2 Families  6 Genera  8 SpeciesDominica
2 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesDominican Republic
2 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesEcuador
3 Families  9 Genera  22 SpeciesEgypt
1 Families  2 Genera  6 SpeciesEl Salvador
2 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesEquatorial Guinea
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesEritrea
2 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesEstonia
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesEthiopia
1 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesFiji
3 Families  6 Genera  17 SpeciesFinland
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesFrance
3 Families  7 Genera  27 SpeciesGabon
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesGambia
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesGeorgia
3 Families  4 Genera  3 SpeciesGermany
3 Families  4 Genera  12 SpeciesGhana
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesGreece
3 Families  5 Genera  24 SpeciesGrenada
2 Families  6 Genera  8 SpeciesGuatemala
3 Families  6 Genera  15 SpeciesGuinea
3 Families  4 Genera  8 SpeciesGuinea-Bissau
3 Families  4 Genera  2 SpeciesGuyana
3 Families  8 Genera  16 SpeciesHaiti
3 Families  7 Genera  16 SpeciesHonduras
3 Families  4 Genera  12 SpeciesHungary
3 Families  7 Genera  12 SpeciesIceland
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesIndia
3 Families  13 Genera  88 SpeciesIndonesia
3 Families  14 Genera  66 SpeciesIran
2 Families  2 Genera  5 SpeciesIraq
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesIreland
2 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesIsrael
2 Families  2 Genera  6 SpeciesItaly
4 Families  8 Genera  33 SpeciesIvory Coast
3 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesJamaica
2 Families  4 Genera  7 SpeciesJapan
4 Families  5 Genera  18 SpeciesJordan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKazakhstan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKenya
2 Families  8 Genera  11 SpeciesKiribati
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesKuwait
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLaos
1 Families  4 Genera  8 SpeciesLatvia
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesLebanon
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLesotho
2 Families  4 Genera  9 SpeciesLiberia
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesLibya
1 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesLiechtenstein
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLithuania
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesLuxembourg
2 Families  2 Genera  6 SpeciesMadagascar
2 Families  6 Genera  31 SpeciesMalawi
1 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesMalaysia
2 Families  9 Genera  40 SpeciesMaldives
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMali
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMalta
2 Families  2 Genera  4 SpeciesMarshall Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMauritius
2 Families  4 Genera  10 SpeciesMexico
4 Families  12 Genera  53 SpeciesMicronesia
2 Families  7 Genera  7 SpeciesMoldova
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMonaco
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesMontenegro
3 Families  3 Genera  9 SpeciesMorocco
2 Families  5 Genera  11 SpeciesMozambique
1 Families  5 Genera  10 SpeciesMyanmar
2 Families  8 Genera  18 SpeciesNamibia
1 Families  3 Genera  12 SpeciesNepal
2 Families  6 Genera  12 SpeciesNetherlands
2 Families  4 Genera  10 SpeciesNew Zealand
2 Families  5 Genera  19 SpeciesNicaragua
3 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesNigeria
2 Families  7 Genera  18 SpeciesNiue
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesNorway
2 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesOman
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesPakistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesPalau
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesPalestine
2 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesPanama
3 Families  6 Genera  10 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
3 Families  9 Genera  23 SpeciesParaguay
3 Families  6 Genera  8 SpeciesPeru
3 Families  12 Genera  46 SpeciesPhilippines
3 Families  8 Genera  23 SpeciesPoland
2 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesPortugal
3 Families  3 Genera  11 SpeciesQatar
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
3 Families  12 Genera  61 SpeciesRomania
3 Families  3 Genera  8 SpeciesRussia
2 Families  4 Genera  9 SpeciesRwanda
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSaint Kitts and Nevis
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesSaint Lucia
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
3 Families  4 Genera  8 SpeciesSamoa
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSão Tomé and Príncipe
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSaudi Arabia
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesSenegal
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesSerbia
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesSeychelles
2 Families  4 Genera  11 SpeciesSierra Leone
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSingapore
2 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesSlovakia
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesSlovenia
2 Families  2 Genera  5 SpeciesSolomon Islands
2 Families  7 Genera  19 SpeciesSomalia
2 Families  6 Genera  10 SpeciesSouth Korea
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSpain
3 Families  6 Genera  24 SpeciesSri Lanka
1 Families  5 Genera  14 SpeciesSudan
2 Families  5 Genera  9 SpeciesSuriname
1 Family  1 Genus  5 SpeciesSweden
3 Families  7 Genera  16 SpeciesSwitzerland
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesSyria
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTaiwan
3 Families  5 Genera  24 SpeciesTajikistan
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesTanzania
3 Families  10 Genera  28 SpeciesThailand
2 Families  6 Genera  14 SpeciesTonga
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
4 Families  8 Genera  19 SpeciesTunisia
2 Families  4 Genera  12 SpeciesTurkey
2 Families  2 Genera  14 SpeciesTurkmenistan
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesTuvalu
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesUganda
2 Families  5 Genera  10 SpeciesUkraine
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesUnited Arab Emirates
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
4 Families  7 Genera  20 SpeciesUruguay
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesUSA
4 Families  19 Genera  86 SpeciesUzbekistan
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesVanuatu
2 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesVatican City
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesVenezuela
3 Families  8 Genera  78 SpeciesVietnam
3 Families  9 Genera  24 SpeciesYemen
2 Families  6 Genera  6 SpeciesZambia
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesZimbabwe
2 Families  7 Genera  18 Species


Distribution on islands
Azores
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBarat Daya Islands
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesCapricorn Group
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIslands of Chile
2 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesKai Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKrakatoa
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesMacaronesia
4 Families  5 Genera  13 SpeciesMurray Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSouth Orkney Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species


Found in fossile formations
Wellington Formation
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species


Links, sources and further information
Scolopendromorpha at artfakta.se
Scolopendromorpha at dyntaxa.se
Scolopendromorpha at gbif.org
Scolopendromorpha at irmng.org
Scolopendromorpha at itis.gov
Scolopendromorpha at marinespecies.org