Scolopendra heros Girard, 1853
Scolopendra heros Girard, 1853
Original description: Girard (1853). Myriapoda. In: Marcy R.B., Report on exploration of the Red River of Louisiana expedition in 1852 - Senate Executive [Doc.] No. 54, 32d Congress, 2d Session - R. Armstrong, Washington, p. 320, see p. 272.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758
Type locality: USA, Oklahoma, Comanche County, Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Mt. Scott
Synonym(s):
- Scolopendra castaneiceps Wood, 1861
- Scolopendra pernix Kohlrausch, 1878
- Scolopendra heros arizonensis Kraepelin, 1903
- Scolopendra heros prismatica Cragin, 1885
Subspecies:
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. 28.
Distribution:
-- within Northern America: Alabama; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Florida; Georgia; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Nebraska; New Mexico; Oklahoma; Texas; Utah
Notes: Type locality is of neotype
