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Checklist for Class Chilopoda Latreille, 1817 (Centiped)
and region Cameroon (Central Africa)


Class
 
Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817
Centiped, Centipede, Centipedes, Centipeds, Chilopods
8
17
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cameroon
8 Families width 24 Species and 2 Subspecies
Scolopendridae Newport, 18449SpeciesTaxom
Schendylidae Cook, 1896Schendylid Centipedes2SpeciesTaxom
Geophilidae Leach, 1815Geophilid Centipedes6SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopidae Kohlrausch, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Henicopidae Pocock, 19010SpeciesTaxom
Mecistocephalidae Bollman, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Oryidae Cook, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Pselliodidae Chamberlin, 19551SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cameroon
17 Genera with 24 Species
Alipes Imhoff, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Ballophilus Cook, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Clinopodes Koch, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Cryptops Leach, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophilus Cook, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Ethmostigmus Pocock, 18174SpeciesTaxom
Henicops Newport, 1845
0SpeciesTaxom
Mecistocephalus Newport, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Orphnaeus Meinert, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Otostigmus Porat, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Pentorya Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Ribautia Broelemann, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Schizotaenia Cook, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendra Linnaeus, 18402SpeciesTaxom
Sphendononema Verhoeff, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Tretechthus Cook, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Tretecthus Porat, 18941SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cameroon
24 Species and 2 Subspecies
Alipes multicostis Imhoff, 1854
Alipes multicostis multicostis Imhoff, 1854
Ballophilus maculosus Porat, 1894
Clinopodes porosus Verhoeff, 1934
Cryptops (Cryptops) hortensis Donovan, 1810Blackblotch Pompano
Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) gigas Kraepelin, 1903
Ctenophilus edentulus Porat, 1894
Ethmostigmus australianus (Chamberlin, 1920)⇒ Ethmostigmus rubripes Brandt, 1840
Ethmostigmus australianus stechowi (Verhoeff, 1941)⇒ Ethmostigmus trigonopodus Leach, 1817
Ethmostigmus rubripes Brandt, 1840Giant centipede
Ethmostigmus trigonopodus Leach, 1817
Mecistocephalus (Mecistocephalus) punctifrons Newport, 1843
Mecistocephalus togensis Cook, 1896
Orphnaeus brevilabiatus Newport, 1845Centipede
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) cuneiventris Porat, 1893
Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) gemmifer Attems, 1928
Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) inermipes Porat, 1893
Pentorya afra Cook, 1896Mormon Island chaparral
Ribautia unguiculata von Porat, 1894
Schizotaenia aequalis von Porat, 1894Nubbin threetooth
Schizotaenia quadrisulcatus Porat, 1894Nubbin threetooth
Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758Common centipede
Scolopendra valida Lucas, 1840Blue Legs Westafrica
Sphendononema rugosa Newport, 1844Mendocino shoulderband
Tretechthus uliginosus von Porat, 1894Nubbin threetooth
Tretecthus uliginosus Porat, 1894

Subnodes of Chilopoda with occurrences in Cameroon
SubclassNotostigmophora
Verhoeff, 1901
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubclassPleurostigmophora
Pocock, 1902
7
16
23
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Chilopoda at chilobase.biologia.unipd.it
Chilopoda at artfakta.se
Chilopoda at dyntaxa.se
Chilopoda at gbif.org
Chilopoda at itis.gov
Chilopoda at marinespecies.org