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Checklist for Class Chilopoda Latreille, 1817 (Centiped)
and region Costa Rica (Central America)


Class
 
Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817
Centiped, Centipede, Centipedes, Centipeds, Chilopods
8
20
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Costa Rica
8 Families width 28 Species and 1 Subspecies
Geophilidae Leach, 1815Geophilid Centipedes6SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendridae Newport, 18445SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopidae Kohlrausch, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Schendylidae Cook, 1896Schendylid Centipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Lithobiidae Newport, 1844Garden Centipedes6SpeciesTaxom
Scolopocryptopidae Pocock, 18964SpeciesTaxom
Oryidae Cook, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Scutigeridae (Gervais, 1837)Common House Centipedes2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Costa Rica
20 Genera with 28 Species
Chomatophilus Pocock, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Cormocephalus Newport, 19281SpeciesTaxom
Cryptops Leach, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Diplethmus Cook, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Eupolybothrus Verhoeff, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Gallitobius Chamberlin, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Lithobius Leach, 1905Brown centipedes3SpeciesTaxom
Newportia Gervais, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Notiphilides Latzel, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Orphnaeus Meinert, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Otostigmus Porat, 19033SpeciesTaxom
Parotostigmus Pocock, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Polycricus Saussure & H..., 19212SpeciesTaxom
Rhysida Wood, 1862
0SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendra Linnaeus, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Scolopocryptops Newport, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Scutigera Lamarck, 19212SpeciesTaxom
Strigamia Gray, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Taiyuna Chamberlin, 19471SpeciesTaxom
Telocricus Chamberlin, 19471SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Costa Rica
28 Species and 1 Subspecies
Chomatophilus aphanistes Crabill, 1968
Cormocephalus bonaerius Attems, 1928
Cryptops (Chromatanops) bivittatus Pocock, 1893
Cryptops (Cryptops) cubanus Matic, Negre..., 1977
Diplethmus granosus Attems, 1947
Eupolybothrus (Eupolybothrus) litoralis L. Koch, 1867
Gallitobius ethophor Chamberlin, 1933
Gallitobius ricanus Chamberlin, 1933
Lithobius microdon microdon Latzel, 1886
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) amplinus Farzalieva, 2006
Lithobius costaricensis Brölemann, 1905
Newportia (Newportia) rogersi Pocock, 1893
Newportia monticola Pocock, 1890Jointvetch
Newportia simoni Brölemann, 1898
Notiphilides maximiliani Humbert & Sa..., 1870
Orphnaeus brasilianus Humbert & Sa..., 1870
Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) denticulatus Pocock, 1896
Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) fossulatus Attems, 1928
Otostigmus (Parotostigmus) pococki Kraepelin, 1903
Polycricus salvini
Polycricus tardus Chamberlin, 1921
Scolopendra viridis Say, 1821Giant centipede
Scolopocryptops melanostomus Newport, 1845
Scutigera linceci Wood, 1867
Scutigera nubila (Chamberlin, 1921)⇒ Scutigera linceci Wood, 1867
Strigamia filicornis Wood, 1862
Taiyuna agrestis Attems, 1947
Telocricus plusioporus Attems, 1947

Subnodes of Chilopoda with occurrences in Costa Rica
SubclassNotostigmophora
Verhoeff, 1901
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubclassPleurostigmophora
Pocock, 1902
7
19
26
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