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.

Scolopendra laeta Haase, 1887

Original description: Haase E. (1887). Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. Pt. I. Chilopoden - Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und. Anthropologisch- Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden, 5: 1-118, see p. 51.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Scolopendridae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758

Type locality: Australia

Synonym(s):

• Scolopendra laeta fasciata Kraepelin, 1908
• Scolopendra laeta flavipes Kraepelin, 1908
• Scolopendra laeta viridis Kraepelin, 1908

Subspecies:

• Scolopendra laeta fasciata Kraepelin, 1908
• Scolopendra laeta flavipes Kraepelin, 1908
• Scolopendra laeta viridis Kraepelin, 1908
• Scolopendra laeta laeta Haase, 1887

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Koch L.E. (1982). Taxonomy of the centipede Scolopendra laeta Haase (Chilopda: Scolopendridae) in Australia - Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society of London , 76: 125-140, see p. 125.

Notes: L. E. Koch (1982 - Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 76: 125) distinguished five intraspecific forms (A-E) based on the colour pattern. Records from Philippines and Martinique are dubious.