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


Class
 
Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817
Centiped, Centipede, Centipedes, Centipeds, Chilopods
11
41
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Central Africa
11 Families width 110 Species and 3 Subspecies
Schendylidae Cook, 1896Schendylid Centipedes10SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendridae Newport, 184436SpeciesTaxom
Geophilidae Leach, 1815Geophilid Centipedes17SpeciesTaxom
Oryidae Cook, 18966SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopidae Kohlrausch, 188124SpeciesTaxom
Henicopidae Pocock, 19018SpeciesTaxom
Lithobiidae Newport, 1844Garden Centipedes2SpeciesTaxom
Mecistocephalidae Bollman, 18934SpeciesTaxom
Scolopocryptopidae Pocock, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Pselliodidae Chamberlin, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Scutigeridae Gervais, 1837Common House Centipedes1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Central Africa
41 Genera with 110 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRST
Afrotaenia Chamberlin, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Alipes Imhoff, 18546SpeciesTaxom
Alloschizotaenia Brölemann, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Asanada Meinert, 18913SpeciesTaxom
Aspidopleres Porat, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Ballophilus Cook, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Chamberlinia Machado, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Clinopodes Koch, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Cormocephalus Newport, 18447SpeciesTaxom
Cryptops Leach, 188624SpeciesTaxom
Ctenophilus Cook, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Digitipes Attems, 19303SpeciesTaxom
Ethmostigmus Pocock, 18174SpeciesTaxom
Eurytion Attems, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Geophilus Koch, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Harpacticellus Verhoeff, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Henicops Newport, 1845
0SpeciesTaxom
Lamyctes Meinert, 19515SpeciesTaxom
Lamyctopristus Attems, 18863SpeciesTaxom
Lithobius Leach, 1844Brown centipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Mecistocephalus Newport, 18964SpeciesTaxom
Mesoschendyla Attems, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Nycternyssa Crabill, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Orphnaeus Meinert, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Otostigmus Porat, 19149SpeciesTaxom
Paitobius Chamberlin, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Pectiniunguis Bollman, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Pentorya Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Pleuroschendyla Brölemann & ..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Polygonarea Attems, 01SpeciesTaxom
Rhysida Wood, 19303SpeciesTaxom
Ribautia Broelemann, 18945SpeciesTaxom
Schizonampa Chamberlin, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Schizotaenia Cook, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendra Linnaeus, 18404SpeciesTaxom
Scolopocryptops Newport, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Sphendononema Verhoeff, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Stenorya Crabill, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Thereuonema Verhoeff, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Tretechthus Cook, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Tretecthus Porat, 18941SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Africa
110 Species and 3 Subspecies
Afrotaenia machadoi Chamberlin, 1951Anza shoulderband
Alipes calcipes Cook, 1897
Alipes congoensis (Chamberlin, 1927)⇒ Alipes multicostis intermedius Attems, 1911
Alipes crotalus Gerstaecker, 1854
Alipes multicostis Imhoff, 1854
Alipes multicostis intermedius Attems, 1911
Alipes multicostis multicostis Imhoff, 1854
Alloschizotaenia bipora Attems, 1952
Alloschizotaenia occidentalis Attems, 1937
Asanada socotrana Pocock, 1899
Asanada tchadensis Dobroruka, 1968
Asanada walkeri Pocock, 1891
Aspidopleres intercalatus Porat, 1893
Ballophilus differens Chamberlin, 1951Anza shoulderband
Ballophilus filiformis Attems, 1953
Ballophilus maculosus Porat, 1894
Chamberlinia lineata Machado, 1951Leggett's pinweed
Clinopodes porosus Verhoeff, 1934
Cormocephalus buttneri
Cormocephalus minor Chamberlin, 1927
Cormocephalus multispinosus Attems, 1909Transverse Range shoulderband
Cormocephalus rhodesianus Lawrence, 1955
Cormocephalus subspinulosus Machado, 1951Leggett's pinweed
Cormocephalus ungueserratus Verhoeff, 1941
Cormocephalus westwoodi Newport, 1844Mendocino shoulderband
Cryptops (Cryptops) angolensis Machado, 1951Leggett's pinweed
Cryptops (Cryptops) campestris Attems, 1952
Cryptops (Cryptops) covertus Chamberlin, 1951Anza shoulderband
Cryptops (Cryptops) eutypus Chamberlin, 1951Anza shoulderband
Cryptops (Cryptops) gracilimus Machado, 1951Leggett's pinweed
Cryptops (Cryptops) hortensis Donovan, 1810Blackblotch Pompano
Cryptops (Cryptops) incertus Attems, 1937
Cryptops (Cryptops) japonicus Takakuwa, 1934
Cryptops (Cryptops) kafbuensis Goffinet, 1971
Cryptops (Cryptops) kalobensis Goffinet, 1971
Cryptops (Cryptops) kivuensis Lawrence, 1953
Cryptops (Cryptops) libriceps Attems, 1952
Cryptops (Cryptops) livius Chamberlin, 1951Anza shoulderband
Cryptops (Cryptops) mirabilis Machado, 1951Leggett's pinweed
Cryptops (Cryptops) pauperatus Attems, 1937
Cryptops (Cryptops) philammus Attems, 1928
Cryptops (Cryptops) sankuruensis Schubart, 1938
Cryptops (Cryptops) verdascens Goffinet, 1971
Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) bokumensis Kraus, 1958
Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) bottegii Silvestri, 1897Atlantic threetooth
Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) coiffati Demange, 1968
Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) gigas Kraepelin, 1903
Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) kivuensis Lawrence, 1953
Cryptops validus Meinert, 1886Pompanos
Ctenophilus angolae Chamberlin, 1951
Ctenophilus corticeus Demange, 1968
Ctenophilus edentulus Porat, 1894
Digitipes krausi Dobroruka, 1968
Digitipes reichardti Kraepelin, 1903
Digitipes verdascens Attems, 1930
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
Eurytion kalaharinus Attems, 1909
Geophilus fossuliferus Kaarsh, 1884
Harpacticellus arborum Verhoeff, 1941
Lamyctes africanus Porat, 1872Centipede
Lamyctes caeculus Brölemann, 1899Centipede
Lamyctes insulanus Verhoeff, 1941
Lamyctes medius Chamberlin, 1951Anza shoulderband
Lamyctes orthodox Chamberlin, 1951Anza shoulderband
Lamyctopristus denticulatus Attems, 1908
Lamyctopristus ergus Chamberlin, 1951
Lamyctopristus numidicus Latzel, 1886
Lithobius (Lithobius) pilicornis Newport, 1844Pinos Altos mountainsnail
Mecistocephalus (Mecistocephalus) punctifrons Newport, 1843
Mecistocephalus benoiti Dobroruka, 1958
Mecistocephalus insularis Lucas, 1863
Mecistocephalus togensis Cook, 1896
Mesoschendyla franzi Dobroruka, 1959
Nycternyssa eidmanni Verhoeff, 1942
Orphnaeus brevilabiatus Newport, 1845Centipede
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) cuneiventris Porat, 1893
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) tanganjikus Verhoeff, 1941
Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) coltellus Simaiakis & ..., 2013
Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) gemmifer Attems, 1928
Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) gymnopus Silvestri, 1898Davis Mountain threeband
Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) inermipes Porat, 1893
Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) kivuensis Dobroruka, 1968
Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) schoutedeni Dobroruka, 1968
Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) troglodytes Ribaut, 1914
Paitobius eutypus Chamberlin, 1940Cape Fear threetooth
Pectiniunguis minutus Demange, 1968
Pentorya afra Cook, 1896Mormon Island chaparral
Pleuroschendyla angolae
Polygonarea constans
Rhysida afra Peters, 1855
Rhysida immarginata Porat, 1876
Rhysida ventrisulcus Attems, 1930
Ribautia attemsi Demange J.M., 1963
Ribautia compositor Attems, 1952
Ribautia diversa Attems, 1952
Ribautia paucipes Attems, 1952
Ribautia unguiculata von Porat, 1894
Schizonampa africana Kraus, 1958
Schizotaenia aequalis von Porat, 1894Nubbin threetooth
Schizotaenia quadrisulcatus Porat, 1894Nubbin threetooth
Scolopendra afer Meinert, 1886Greater Amberjack
Scolopendra langi Chamberlin, 1927
Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758Common centipede
Scolopendra valida Lucas, 1840Blue Legs Westafrica
Scolopocryptops ferrugineus Linnaeus, 1767Elegant helicellid
Sphendononema rugosa Newport, 1844Mendocino shoulderband
Stenorya vermiculata Crabill, 1968
Thereuonema katharinae Würmli, 2004Florida Pompano
Tretechthus uliginosus von Porat, 1894Nubbin threetooth
Tretecthus uliginosus Porat, 1894

Subnodes of Chilopoda with occurrences in Central Africa
SubclassNotostigmophora
Verhoeff, 1901
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubclassPleurostigmophora
Pocock, 1902
9
39
108
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