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Checklist for Class Chilopoda Latreille, 1817 (Centiped)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817
Centiped, Centipede, Centipedes, Centipeds, Chilopods
7
14
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sri Lanka
7 Families width 29 Species
Lithobiidae Newport, 1844Garden Centipedes6SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendridae Newport, 184414SpeciesTaxom
Henicopidae Pocock, 19010SpeciesTaxom
Mecistocephalidae Bollman, 18934SpeciesTaxom
Oryidae Cook, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Scutigeridae Gervais, 1837Common House Centipedes3SpeciesTaxom
Scutigerinidae Attems, 19261SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Sri Lanka
14 Genera with 29 Species
Australobius Chamberlin, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Cormocephalus Newport, 18442SpeciesTaxom
Ethmostigmus Pocock, 02SpeciesTaxom
Lamyctes Meinert, 1868
0SpeciesTaxom
Lithobius Leach, 1993Brown centipedes4SpeciesTaxom
Mecistocephalus Newport, 19194SpeciesTaxom
Orphnaeus Meinert, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Otostigmus Porat, 03SpeciesTaxom
Rhysida Wood, 18453SpeciesTaxom
Scolopendra Linnaeus, 18154SpeciesTaxom
Scutigera Lamarck, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Scutigerina Silvestri, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Thereuopoda Verhoeff, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Thereuopodina Verhoeff, 19051SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
29 Species
Australobius palnis Eason, 1973
Australobius sculpturatus Pocock, 1901
Cormocephalus inermipes Pocock, 1891Blackblotch Pompano
Cormocephalus westwoodi Newport, 1844Mendocino shoulderband
Ethmostigmus rubripes Brandt, 1840Giant centipede
Ethmostigmus trigonopoda
Lithobius (Ezembius) insolitus Eason, 1993
Lithobius (Ezembius) quadricalcaratus Eason, 1993
Lithobius (Monotarsobius) anaopurnensis Eason, 1993
Lithobius (Sigibius) bullatus Eason, 1993
Mecistocephalus (Mecistocephalus) punctifrons Newport, 1843
Mecistocephalus celebensis Chamberlin, 1920
Mecistocephalus heteropus Humbert, 1865
Mecistocephalus subinsularis Silvestri, 1919
Orphnaeus brevilabiatus Newport, 1845Centipede
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) ceylonicus Haase, 1887
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) scaber Porat, 1876
Otostigmus ceylanicus
Rhysida ceylonica Gravely, 1912
Rhysida immarginata Porat, 1876
Rhysida longipes Newport, 1845Paloma Pompano
Scolopendra crassa Templeton, 1846
Scolopendra hardwickei Newport, 1844Pinos Altos mountainsnail
Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758Common centipede
Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815Centipede
Scutigera coleoptrata Linnaeus, 1758Domestic Quickfoot
Scutigerina weberi Silvestri, 1903
Thereuopoda longicornis Fabricius, 1793
Thereuopodina tenuicornis Verhoeff, 1905Banded Rudderfish

Subnodes of Chilopoda with occurrences in Sri Lanka
SubclassNotostigmophora
Verhoeff, 1901
2
4
4
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubclassPleurostigmophora
Pocock, 1902
5
10
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