ChiloBase 2.0

Recommended citation:
Bonato L., Chagas Junior A.,
Edgecombe G.D. Lewis J.G.E.,
Minelli A., Pereira L.A.,
Shelley R.M., Stoev P.,
Zapparoli M. (2016)
ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue
of Centipedes (Chilopoda).
Available at https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it.

Otostigmus orientalis Porat, 1876

Original description: Porat C.O. von (1876). Om några exotiska Myriopoder - Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademien Handligar, 4(7) 48 pp., see p. 19.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Scolopendridae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Otostigmus Porat, 1876

Type locality: India, Mumbai (Bombay)

Synonym(s):

• Otostigmus morsitans Pocock, 1890
• Otostigmus seychellarum Attems, 1900
• Otostigmus splendens Pocock, 1890

Subspecies:

• Otostigmus orientalis acutidens Haase, 1887

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Attems C. (1930). Myriopoda. 2. Scolopendromorpha - Das Tierreich. De Gruyter, Berlin, 54: 1-308, see p. 139.

Distribution:

-- within Africa: Seychelles

-- within Asia-Tropical: Bali; Maluku