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Checklist for Class Chilopoda Latreille, 1817 (Centiped)
and region Japan (East Asia)


Class
 
Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817
Centiped, Centipede, Centipedes, Centipeds, Chilopods
12
47
184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Japan
12 Families width 184 Species and 3 Subspecies
Mecistocephalidae Bollman, 189334SpeciesTaxom
Lithobiidae Newport, 1844Garden Centipedes52SpeciesTaxom
Schendylidae Cook, 1896Schendylid Centipedes24SpeciesTaxom
Himantariidae Cook, 1896Himantariid Centipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Henicopidae Pocock, 19018SpeciesTaxom
Geophilidae Leach, 1815Geophilid Centipedes41SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopidae Kohlrausch, 18813SpeciesTaxom
Oryidae Cook, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendridae Newport, 18447SpeciesTaxom
Scolopocryptopidae Pocock, 18966SpeciesTaxom
Plutoniumidae Bollman, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Scutigeridae Gervais, 1837Common House Centipedes4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Japan
47 Genera with 184 Species
#ABCDEFGILMNOPQRST
Agnostrup Foddai, Bona..., 19551SpeciesTaxom
Alaskobius Chamberlin, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Arrup Chamberlin, 19345SpeciesTaxom
Bothropolys Wood, 193912SpeciesTaxom
Californiphilus Verhoeff, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Cermatobius Haase, 19344SpeciesTaxom
Cheiletha Chamberlin, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Cryptops Leach, 19363SpeciesTaxom
Dicellophilus Cook, 19343SpeciesTaxom
Dinogeophilus Silvestri, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Esastigmatobius Silvestri, 01SpeciesTaxom
Escaryus Cook and Col..., 19358SpeciesTaxom
Eupolybothrus Verhoeff, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Falcaryus Shinohara, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Geophilus Koch, 187815SpeciesTaxom
Ityphilus Cook, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Lamyctes Meinert, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Lithobius Leach, 1965Brown centipedes45SpeciesTaxom
Mecistocephalus Newport, 193618SpeciesTaxom
Momophilus Takakuwa, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Monotarsobius Verhoeff, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Nampabius Chamberlin, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Nipponobius Chamberlin, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Nycternyssa Crabill, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Orphnaeus Meinert, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Otostigmus Porat, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Pachymerinus Silvestri, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Pachymerium C. L. Koch, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Paobius Chamberlin, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Partygarrupius Verhoeff, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Pleurogeophilus Verhoeff, 19342SpeciesTaxom
Prolamnonyx Silvestri, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Proterotaiwanella Bonato, Fodd..., 20022SpeciesTaxom
Queenslandophilus Verhoeff, 19273SpeciesTaxom
Ribautia Broelemann, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Scolioplanes Bergsøe & Me..., 18171SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendra Linnaeus, 18788SpeciesTaxom
Scolopocryptops Newport, 18626SpeciesTaxom
Shikokuobius Shinohara, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Strigamia Gray, 193811SpeciesTaxom
Takashimaia Miyosi, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Theatops Newport, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Thereuonema Verhoeff, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Thereuopoda Verhoeff, 17933SpeciesTaxom
Tidabius Chamberlin, 01SpeciesTaxom
Tuoba Chamberlin, 19344SpeciesTaxom
Tygarrup Chamberlin, 19572SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Japan
184 Species and 3 Subspecies
Agnostrup paucipes Miyosi, 1955
Alaskobius takakuwai Chamberlin &..., 1952
Arrup areolatus Shinohara, 1957
Arrup dentatus Takakuwa, 1934
Arrup doii Takakuwa, 1940
Arrup holstii Pocock R.I., 1895
Arrup obtusus Takakuwa, 1934
Bothropolys acutidens Takakuwa, 1941
Bothropolys asperatus (L. Koch, 1878)⇒ Bothropolys rugosus Meinert, 1872
Bothropolys curvatus Takakuwa, 1939
Bothropolys gigas Takakuwa, 1938
Bothropolys imaharensis Verhoeff, 1937Sunday shoulderband
Bothropolys kawatiensis Takakuwa, 1939
Bothropolys montanus Verhoeff, 1938
Bothropolys obliquus Takakuwa, 1939
Bothropolys ogurii Miyosi, 1955
Bothropolys richthofeni Verhoeff, 1938
Bothropolys rugosus Meinert, 1872Centipede
Bothropolys yoshidai Takakuwa, 1939
Californiphilus japonicus Takakuwa, 1935
Cermatobius curticornis Chamberlin &..., 1952
Cermatobius japonicus Silvestri, 1909San Miguel shoulderband
Cermatobius longicornis Takakuwa, 1939
Cermatobius longitarsis Verhoeff, 1934
Cheiletha trichochila Takakuwa, 1936
Cryptops (Cryptops) anomalans Newport, 1844Pinos Altos mountainsnail
Cryptops (Cryptops) japonicus Takakuwa, 1934
Cryptops (Cryptops) striatus Takakuwa, 1936
Dicellophilus carniolensis Koch, 1847
Dicellophilus japonicus (Verhoeff, 1934)⇒ Dicellophilus latifrons Takakuwa, 1934
Dicellophilus latifrons Takakuwa, 1934
Dinogeophilus pauropus Silvestri, 1909Grovesnail
Esastigmatobius longitarsus
Escaryus chichibuensis Shinohara, 1955
Escaryus igarashii Shinohara, 1955
Escaryus japonicus Attems, 1927
Escaryus makizimae Takakuwa, 1935
Escaryus retusidens Attems, 1904
Escaryus sachalinus Takakuwa, 1935
Escaryus sibiricus Cook, 1899Pygmy talussnail
Escaryus yacumoensis Takakuwa, 1935
Eupolybothrus (Eupolybothrus) grossipes C.L. Koch, 1847
Falcaryus nipponicus Shinohara, 1970
Geophilus bipartitus Takakuwa, 1937
Geophilus carpophagus Leach, 1814Grassy St. Johnswort
Geophilus dentatus Takakuwa, 1936
Geophilus electricus Linnaeus, 1758
Geophilus koreanus Takakuwa, 1936
Geophilus longicapillatus Takakuwa, 1937Sunday shoulderband
Geophilus monoporus Takakuwa, 1934Ostracods
Geophilus multiporus Miyosi, 1955
Geophilus osquidatum (Brölemann, 1909)⇒ Geophilus flavus De Geer, 1778
Geophilus procerus Koch, 1878
Geophilus proximus C.L.Koch, 1847
Geophilus rhomboideus Takakuwa, 1937
Geophilus sounkyoensis Takakuwa, 1937
Geophilus studeri Rothenbühler, 1899
Geophilus tenuiculus Koch, 1878
Ityphilus tenuicollis Takakuwa, 1934
Lamyctes gracilipes Takakuwa, 1940
Lamyctes pachypes Takakuwa, 1941
Lithobius (Chinobius) sachalinus Verhoeff, 1937Sunday shoulderband
Lithobius (Ezembius) aokii Shinohara, 1972
Lithobius (Ezembius) duplus Murakami, 1965
Lithobius (Ezembius) erratus Attems, 1938
Lithobius (Ezembius) rapax Meinert, 1872
Lithobius (Ezembius) sulcipes (Attems, 1927)⇒ Lithobius rapax Meinert, 1872
Lithobius microdon microdon Latzel, 1886
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) abukumensis Ishii, 1991
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) caecigenus Miyosi, 1956
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) carinipes Ishii & Yahata, 1997
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) chibenus Ishii & Tamura, 1994
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) eleganus Shinohara, 1957
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) holstii Pocock, 1895
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) japonicus Shinohara, 1972
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) kojimai Ishii, 1988
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) mistinensus Ishii & Tamura, 1994
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) montanus (Ishii & Tamura, 1994)⇒ Eupolybothrus grossipes C.L. Koch, 1847
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) nasuensis Shinohara, 1987
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) nihamensis Murakami, 1960
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) nikkonus Ishii & Tamura, 1994
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) nunomurai Ishii, 1995
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) obtusus Takakuwa, 1941
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) primrosus Ishii & Tamura, 1994
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) purpureus Chamberlin, 1901
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) sakayorii Ishii, 1990
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) subdivisus Takakuwa, 1941
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) sunagawai Ishii, 1993
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) takahagiensis Ishii, 1991
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) takakuwai (Verhoeff, 1937)⇒ Lithobius holstii Pocock, 1895
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) tamurai Ishii, 1991
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) watanabei Ishii, 2002
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) yasunorii Ishii & Tamura, 1994
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) yuraensis Ishii, 2000
Lithobius ansyensis Matic, 1973
Lithobius cepeus Chamberlin, 1940Pallid mountainsnail
Lithobius emporus Chamberlin, 1941Surf shoulderband
Lithobius haasei (Garbowski, 1897)⇒ Lithobius rapax Meinert, 1872
Lithobius niger Muralevitch, 1926
Lithobius okinawensis Takakuwa, 1941
Lithobius otasanus Takakuwa, 1941
Lithobius pachypedatus Takakuwa, 1938
Lithobius sasanus Murakami, 1965
Lithobius shikokensis Murakami, 1960
Lithobius takashimai Murakami, 1963
Lithobius tuberculatus Murakami, 1965
Mecistocephalus (Brachyptyx) mirandus Pocock, 1895
Mecistocephalus diversisternus Silvestri, 1919
Mecistocephalus fenestratus Verhoeff, 1934
Mecistocephalus japonicus Meinert, 1886Pompanos
Mecistocephalus manazurensis Shinohara, 1961
Mecistocephalus marcusensis Miyosi, 1953
Mecistocephalus marmoratus Verhoeff, 1934Ostracods
Mecistocephalus mikado Attems, 1928
Mecistocephalus momotoriensis Takakuwa, 1938
Mecistocephalus multidentatus Takakuwa, 1936
Mecistocephalus pauroporus Takakuwa, 1936
Mecistocephalus pulcher Kishida, 1928
Mecistocephalus rubriceps Wood, 1862
Mecistocephalus satumensis Takakuwa, 1938
Mecistocephalus smithii Pocock, 1895
Mecistocephalus takakuwai Verhoeff, 1934
Mecistocephalus yamashinai Takakuwa, 1936
Mecistocephalus yanagiharai Takakuwa, 1936
Momophilus serratus Takakuwa, 1937
Monotarsobius boluensis Matic, 1983
Nipponobius cepeus Chamberlin, 1940
Nipponobius migrans Chamberlin, 1929
Nycternyssa stheno Crabill, 1959
Orphnaeus brevilabiatus Newport, 1845Centipede
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) scaber Porat, 1876
Pachymerinus canaliculatus Gervais, 1849
Pachymerium atticum Verhoeff, 1901
Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L.Koch, 1835)⇒ Ribautia peruana Verhoeff, 1941
Paobius pachypedatus Takakuwa, 1938
Partygarrupius moiwaensis Takakuwa, 1934
Pleurogeophilus aporus Takakuwa, 1936
Pleurogeophilus takakuwai (Verhoeff K.W., 1934)⇒ Geophilus procerus Koch, 1878
Prolamnonyx holstii Pocock, 1895
Proterotaiwanella sculptulata Takakuwa, 1936
Proterotaiwanella tanabei Bonato, Fodd..., 2002
Queenslandophilus macropalpus Takakuwa, 1936
Queenslandophilus monoporus Takakuwa, 1937
Queenslandophilus viridicans Attems, 1927
Ribautia peruana Verhoeff, 1941
Scolioplanes maritimus (Leach, 1817)⇒ Strigamia maritima Leach, 1817
Scolopendra japonica L. Koch, 1878
Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758Common centipede
Scolopendra multidens Newport, 1844Pinos Altos mountainsnail
Scolopendra mutilans L. Koch, 1878
Scolopendra pentagramma Motschoulsky, 1886
Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815Centipede
Scolopendra subspinipes japonica L. Koch, 1878
Scolopendra subspinipes mutilans L. Koch, 1878
Scolopocryptops curtus Takakuwa, 1939
Scolopocryptops mushashiensis Shinohara, 1984
Scolopocryptops rubiginosa L. Koch, 1878
Scolopocryptops rubiginosus L. Koch, 1878
Scolopocryptops sexspinosus Say, 1821Bark Centidpede
Scolopocryptops spinicaudus Wood, 1862
Shikokuobius japonicus Murakami, 1967
Strigamia acuminata Leach, 1815
Strigamia alokosternum Attems, 1927
Strigamia bicolor Shinohara, 1981
Strigamia crassipes Koch, 1835
Strigamia hirsutipes Attems, 1927
Strigamia japonica Verhoeff, 1935
Strigamia maritima Leach, 1817Geophilimorph centipede
Strigamia monopora Takakuwa, 1938
Strigamia platydentata Shinohara, 1981
Strigamia taeniophera Wood, 1862
Strigamia tenuiungulata Takakuwa, 1938
Takashimaia ramungula Miyosi, 1955
Theatops erythrocephala C.L. Koch, 1847
Theatops erythrocephalus C. L. Koch, 1847
Thereuonema tuberculata Wood, 1862
Thereuopoda clunifera Wood, 1862
Thereuopoda ferox (Verhoeff, 1936)⇒ Thereuopoda clunifera Wood, 1862
Thereuopoda longicornis Fabricius, 1793
Tidabius emporus
Tuoba japonicus Fahlander, 1935
Tuoba kozuensis Takakuwa, 1934
Tuoba littoralis Takakuwa, 1934
Tuoba tiosianus Takakuwa, 1934
Tygarrup monoporus (Shinohara, 1961)⇒ Dicellophilus latifrons Takakuwa, 1934
Tygarrup takarazimensis Miyosi, 1957

Subnodes of Chilopoda with occurrences in Japan
SubclassNotostigmophora
Verhoeff, 1901
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4
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Genera
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Taxom

SubclassPleurostigmophora
Pocock, 1902
11
45
180
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Chilopoda at gbif.org
Chilopoda at itis.gov
Chilopoda at marinespecies.org