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 arenicola (Lawrence,1975)

Original description: Lawrence R.F. (1975). The Chilopoda of South West Africa - Cimbebasia, Series A, 4: 35-45, see p. 41.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Scolopendridae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Trachycormocephalus Kraepelin, 1903

Type locality: Namibia, Kaoko Otavi (Kaokoveld)

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Lewis J.G.E. (2010). A key and annotated list of the Scolopendra species of the Old World with a reappraisal of Arthrorhabdus (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae) - International Journal of Myriapodology, 3: 83-122, see p. 97.

Distribution:

-- within Africa: Namibia

Notes: May be conspecific with S. monticola (Lawrence, 1975) and closely related to S. lutea (Attems, 1928).