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Checklist for Class Chilopoda Latreille, 1817 (Centiped)
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)


Class
 
Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817
Centiped, Centipede, Centipedes, Centipeds, Chilopods
7
13
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Peninsula
7 Families width 16 Species
Geophilidae Leach, 1815Geophilid Centipedes5SpeciesTaxom
Schendylidae Cook, 1896Schendylid Centipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendridae Newport, 18443SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopidae Kohlrausch, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Henicopidae Pocock, 19014SpeciesTaxom
Lithobiidae Newport, 1844Garden Centipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Scutigerinidae Attems, 19261SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Peninsula
13 Genera with 16 Species
Aphilodon Silvestri, 01SpeciesTaxom
Ballophilus Cook, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Cormocephalus Newport, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Cryptops Leach, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Ethmostigmus Pocock, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Eurytion Attems, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Lamyctes Meinert, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Lamyctopristus Attems, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Lithobius Leach, 1886Brown centipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Paralamyctes Pocock, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Polygonarea Attems, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendra Linnaeus, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Scutigerina Silvestri, 19031SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Peninsula
16 Species
Aphilodon cribellatum
Ballophilus braunsi Silvestri, 1907
Cormocephalus aeruginosus Attems, 1928
Cryptops (Cryptops) audax Attems, 1928
Ethmostigmus trigonopodus Leach, 1817
Eurytion dentatus Attems, 1909
Eurytion trichopus Attems, 1928
Lamyctes africanus Porat, 1872Centipede
Lamyctes castaneus Attems, 1909Transverse Range shoulderband
Lamyctopristus validus Attems, 1928
Lithobius (Lithobius) peregrinus Latzel, 1886
Paralamyctes (Paralamyctes) spenceri Pocock, 1901Pharaoh ant
Polygonarea litoralis Verhoeff, 1937Sunday shoulderband
Polygonarea oligopus Attems, 1909Transverse Range shoulderband
Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758Common centipede
Scutigerina weberi Silvestri, 1903

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

Taxom

SubclassPleurostigmophora
Pocock, 1902
6
12
15
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