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Checklist for Class Chilopoda Latreille, 1817 (Centiped)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817
Centiped, Centipede, Centipedes, Centipeds, Chilopods
9
23
51
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua New Guinea
9 Families width 51 Species and 3 Subspecies
Scutigeridae Gervais, 1837Common House Centipedes8SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendridae Newport, 184417SpeciesTaxom
Lithobiidae Newport, 1844Garden Centipedes8SpeciesTaxom
Schendylidae Cook, 1896Schendylid Centipedes1SpeciesTaxom
Cryptopidae Kohlrausch, 18814SpeciesTaxom
Oryidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Gonibregmatidae Cook, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Mecistocephalidae Bollman, 18938SpeciesTaxom
Scolopocryptopidae Pocock, 18962SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua New Guinea
23 Genera with 51 Species
#ABCEGLMOPRST
Allothereua Verhoeff, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Asanada Meinert, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Australobius Chamberlin, 19324SpeciesTaxom
Ballonema Verhoeff, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Bothropolys Wood, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Cormocephalus Newport, 18442SpeciesTaxom
Cryptops Leach, 19993SpeciesTaxom
Endoptelus Chamberlin, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Ethmostigmus Pocock, 06SpeciesTaxom
Eucratonyx Pocock, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Gomphor Chamberlin, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Gonibregmatus Newport, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Lithobius Leach, 1967Brown centipedes4SpeciesTaxom
Mecistocephalus Newport, 19198SpeciesTaxom
Otostigmus Porat, 18856SpeciesTaxom
Paracryptops Pocock, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Parascutigera Verhoeff, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Podothereua Verhoeff, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Rhysida Wood, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendra Linnaeus, 18153SpeciesTaxom
Scolopocryptops Newport, 02SpeciesTaxom
Scutigera Lamarck, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Thereuopoda Verhoeff, 17931SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
51 Species and 3 Subspecies
Allothereua maculata Newport, 1844House centipede
Asanada brevicornis Meinert, 1885Pompanos
Australobius ethodes Chamberlin, 1939
Australobius loriae Silvestri, F.., 1894
Australobius tenuiunguis Eason, 1980
Australobius viduus Attems, 1932
Ballonema gracilipes Verhoeff, 1904
Bothropolys papuanus Attems C., 1914
Cormocephalus amphieurys Kohlrausch, 1878
Cormocephalus westwoodi Newport, 1844Mendocino shoulderband
Cryptops (Cryptops) doriae Pocock, 1891Blackblotch Pompano
Cryptops (Cryptops) hortensis Donovan, 1810Blackblotch Pompano
Cryptops (Cryptops) nepalensis Lewis, 1999
Endoptelus papuicolens Chamberlin, 1939
Ethmostigmus granulosus Pocock, 1898
Ethmostigmus platycephalus Newport, 1845
Ethmostigmus platycephalus platycephalus Newport, 1845
Ethmostigmus rubripes Brandt, 1840Giant centipede
Ethmostigmus rubripes rubripes Brandt, 1840
Ethmostigmus spinosus
Eucratonyx hamatus Pocock, 1899
Gomphor hadleyi Chamberlin, 1944
Gonibregmatus anguinus Pocock, 1899
Lithobius (Lithobius) forficatus Linnaeus, 1758Brown centipede
Lithobius microdon microdon Latzel, 1886
Lithobius (Lithobius) pilicornis Newport, 1844Pinos Altos mountainsnail
Lithobius (Lithobius) uniunguis Matic & Gole..., 1967
Mecistocephalus gigas Haase, 1887
Mecistocephalus glabridorsalis Attems, 1901
Mecistocephalus magister Chamberlin, 1939
Mecistocephalus modestus Silvestri, 1919
Mecistocephalus subgigas Silvestri, 1919
Mecistocephalus tahitiensis Wood, 1862
Mecistocephalus tsenapus Chamberlin, 1944
Mecistocephalus uncifer Silvestri, 1919
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) angusticeps Pocock, 1898
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) astenus Köhlrausch, 1881
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) loriae Silvestri, 1894
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) multidens Haase, 1887
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) politus Karsch, 1881
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) punctiventer Tömösváry, 1885
Paracryptops breviunguis Silvestri, 1895Morro shoulderband
Parascutigera dahli Verhoeff, 1904
Podothereua insularum Verhoeff, 1905Banded Rudderfish
Rhysida carinulata Haase, 1887Lesser Amberjack
Scolopendra metuenda Pocock, 1895
Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758Common centipede
Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815Centipede
Scolopocryptops melanostomus Newport, 1845
Scolopocryptops subspinipes
Scutigera coleoptrata Linnaeus, 1758Domestic Quickfoot
Scutigera hispida Haase, 1887
Thereuopoda longicornis Fabricius, 1793

Subnodes of Chilopoda with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
SubclassNotostigmophora
Verhoeff, 1901
1
7
8
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubclassPleurostigmophora
Pocock, 1902
8
16
43
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