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


Class
 
Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817
Centiped, Centipede, Centipedes, Centipeds, Chilopods
8
16
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Town
8 Families width 22 Species and 1 Subspecies
Geophilidae Leach, 1815Geophilid Centipedes5SpeciesTaxom
Schendylidae Cook, 1896Schendylid Centipedes2SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendridae Newport, 18444SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopidae Kohlrausch, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Henicopidae Pocock, 19016SpeciesTaxom
Lithobiidae Newport, 1844Garden Centipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Scutigeridae Gervais, 1837Common House Centipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Scutigerinidae Attems, 19261SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Town
16 Genera with 22 Species
Aphilodon Silvestri, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Ballophilus Cook, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Cormocephalus Newport, 18713SpeciesTaxom
Cryptops Leach, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Eurytion Attems, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Geophilus Koch, 01SpeciesTaxom
Lamyctes Meinert, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Lamyctopristus Attems, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Lithobius Leach, 1886Brown centipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Paralamyctes Pocock, 19043SpeciesTaxom
Polygonarea Attems, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Purcellinus Attems, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Rhysida Wood, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Schendylops Cook, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Scutigera Lamarck, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Scutigerina Silvestri, 19031SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Town
22 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aphilodon weberi Silvestri, 1909
Ballophilus braunsi Silvestri, 1907
Cormocephalus aeruginosus Attems, 1928
Cormocephalus anceps Porat, 1872
Cormocephalus setiger Porat, 1871
Cryptops (Cryptops) australis (Newport, 1845)⇒ Cryptops haasei Attems, 1903
Cryptops (Cryptops) peringueyi Attems, 1928
Eurytion dentatus Attems, 1909
Geophilus trimenii
Lamyctes africanus Porat, 1872Centipede
Lamyctes castaneus Attems, 1909Transverse Range shoulderband
Lamyctopristus denticulatus Attems, 1908
Lithobius microdon microdon Latzel, 1886
Paralamyctes (Paralamyctes) prendinii Edgecombe, 2003
Paralamyctes (Paralamyctes) spenceri Pocock, 1901Pharaoh ant
Paralamyctes (Paralamyctes) weberi Silvestri, 1904
Polygonarea oligopus Attems, 1909Transverse Range shoulderband
Purcellinus robustus Attems, 1928
Rhysida afra Peters, 1855
Schendylops caledonicus Attems, 1928
Scutigera coleoptrata Linnaeus, 1758Domestic Quickfoot
Scutigerina weberi Silvestri, 1903

Subnodes of Chilopoda with occurrences in Cape Town
SubclassNotostigmophora
Verhoeff, 1901
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubclassPleurostigmophora
Pocock, 1902
6
14
20
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