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Checklist for Class Chilopoda Latreille, 1817 (Centiped)
and region Massachusetts (USA)


Class
 
Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817
Centiped, Centipede, Centipedes, Centipeds, Chilopods
9
18
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Massachusetts
9 Families width 26 Species
Geophilidae Leach, 1815Geophilid Centipedes8SpeciesTaxom
Schendylidae (Cook, 1896)Schendylid Centipedes3SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopidae Kohlrausch, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Mecistocephalidae Bollman, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Lithobiidae Newport, 1844Garden Centipedes7SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendridae Newport, 18443SpeciesTaxom
Henicopidae Pocock, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Scolopocryptopidae Pocock, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Scutigeridae Gervais, 1837Common House Centipedes1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Massachusetts
18 Genera with 26 Species
Arenophilus Chamberlin, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Bothropolys Wood, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Cryptops Leach, 18101SpeciesTaxom
Dicellophilus Cook, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Escaryus Cook and Col..., 18861SpeciesTaxom
Garibius Chamberlin, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Geophilus Koch, 18203SpeciesTaxom
Hemiscolopendra Kraepelin, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Lamyctes Meinert, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Lithobius Leach, 1886Brown centipedes4SpeciesTaxom
Nadabius Chamberlin, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Schendyla Bergsöe & Me..., 18371SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendra Linnaeus, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Scolopocryptops Newport, 18211SpeciesTaxom
Scutigera Lamarck, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Sozibius Chamberlin, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Strigamia Gray, 04SpeciesTaxom
Tidabius Chamberlin, 01SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Massachusetts
26 Species
Arenophilus bipuncticeps Wood, 1862Northern short-clawed centipede
Bothropolys multidentatus Newport, 1845Paloma Pompano
Cryptops (Cryptops) hortensis Donovan, 1810Blackblotch Pompano
Dicellophilus limatus Wood, 1862
Escaryus urbicus Meinert, 1886Greater Amberjack
Garibius pagoketes Chamberlin, 1913Mexican scad
Geophilus flavus De Geer, 1778Boreal yellow-headed soil centipede
Geophilus mordax Meinert, 1886Pitted soil centipede
Geophilus vittatus Raffinesque, 1820Diamondback soil centipede
Hemiscolopendra marginata Say, 1821Florida Blue Centipede
Lamyctes emarginatus Newport, 1844Mendocino shoulderband
Lithobius (Lithobius) forficatus Linnaeus, 1758Brown centipede
Lithobius (Lithobius) melanops Newport, 1845
Lithobius (Sigibius) microps Meinert, 1868Stone centipede
Lithobius cantabrigensis Meinert, 1886
Nadabius aristeus Chamberlin, 1922
Schendyla nemorensis (C.L.Koch, 1837)⇒ Schendyla carniolensis Verhoeff, 1902
Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758Common centipede
Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815Centipede
Scolopocryptops sexspinosus Say, 1821Bark Centidpede
Scutigera coleoptrata Linnaeus, 1758Domestic Quickfoot
Strigamia bothriopus Wood, 1862
Strigamia chionophila Wood, 1862
Strigamia fulva Sager, 1856
Strigamia icterica
Tidabius cantabregensis

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

Taxom

SubclassPleurostigmophora
Pocock, 1902
8
17
25
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