Theatops posticus (Say,1821)



Theatops posticus (Say,1821)

Original description: Say Th. (1821). Description of the Myriapoda of the United States - Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , 2 (1): 102-114, see p. 112.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Plutoniumidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Cryptops Leach, 1815

Type locality: "Georgia" (U.S.A.); "East Florida" (U.S.A.)

Synonym(s):

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Shelley R.M. (2002). A synopsis of the North American centipedes of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda) - Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir, 5: viii+108 pp., see p. 74.

Distribution:

-- within Northern America: Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Connecticut; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maryland; Michigan; Mississippi; Missouri; Nevada; New Jersey; New Mexico; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Virginia; West Virginia