Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815
Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815
Original description: Leach W.E. (1815). A tabular view of the external characters of four classes of animals, which Linné arranged under Insecta; with the distribution of the genera composing three of these classes into orders, &c. and descriptions of several new genera and species - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 11: 306-400, see p. 383.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758
Type locality: Not designated
Synonym(s):
- Scolopendra aringensis Sinclair, 1901
- Scolopendra atra Wood, 1861
- Scolopendra audax Gervais, 1837
- Scolopendra aurantipes Tömösváry, 1885
- Scolopendra bispinipes Wood, 1862
- Scolopendra borbonica Blanchard, 1844
- Scolopendra byssina Wood, 1861
- Scolopendra cephalica Wood, 1861
- Scolopendra ceylonensis Newport, 1845
- Scolopendra damnosa L. Koch, 1878
- Scolopendra dinodon Wood, 1861
- Scolopendra elongata Porat, 1871
- Scolopendra flava Newport, 1845
- Scolopendra flavicornis Tömösváry, 1885
- Rhombocephalus gambiae Newport, 1845
- Scolopendra gervaisii Newport, 1845
- Scolopendra gracilipes Wood, 1861
- Scolopendra lutea Newport, 1845
- Scolopendra machaeropus Attems, 1900
- Scolopendra macracanthus Bollman, 1889
- Scolopendra mactans C.L. Koch, 1847
- Scolopendra meyeri Haase, 1887
- Scolopendra nesuphila Wood, 1862
- Scolopendra newporti Lucas, 1849
- Scolopendra ornata Newport, 1845
- Scolopendra parvidens Wood, 1861
- Scolopendra placeae Newport, 1845
- Scolopendra planiceps Newport, 1845
- Scolopendra plumbeolata Wood, 1861
- Scolopendra polyodonta Daday, 1893
- Scolopendra rarispina Gervais, 1847
- Scolopendra repens Wood, 1862
- Scolopendra rugosa Meinert, 1886
- Scolopendra sandwichiana Gervais, 1847
- Scolopendra septemspinosa Brandt, 1840
- Scolopendra sexspinosa Newport, 1844
- Rhombocephalus smaragdinus Butler, 1876
- Scolopendra sulphurea C.L. Koch, 1847
- Scolopendra variispinosa Tömösváry, 1885
- Scolopendra subspinipes gracilipes Daday, 1891
- Scolopendra cephalica gracilis Wood, 1861
- Scolopendra subspinipes molleri Verhoeff, 1892
Subspecies:
- Scolopendra subspinipes cingulatoides Attems, 1938
- Scolopendra subspinipes fulgurans Bücherl, 1946
- Scolopendra subspinipes gastroforeata Muralevicz, 1913
- Scolopendra subspinipes gracilipes Daday, 1891
- Scolopendra subspinipes molleri Verhoeff, 1892
- Scolopendra subspinipes L. Koch, 1878
- Scolopendra subspinipes piceoflava Attems, 1934
- Scolopendra subspinipes subspinipes Leach, 1815
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Shelley R.M. (2000). The centipede order Scolopendromorpha in the Hawaiian islands (Chilopoda) - Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 64: 39-48, see p. 42.
Distribution:
-- within Africa: Ivory Coast; Liberia; Madagascar; Mauritius; Principe; Réunion; Rodrigues; São Tomé; Seychelles
-- within Asia-Temperate: Hong Kong
-- within Asia-Tropical: Andaman Is.; Irian Jaya; Laos; Nicobar Is.; Peninsular Malaysia; Philippines; Sarawak; Singapore; Sri Lanka; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Vietnam
-- within Southern America: Bermuda; Colombia; Dominican Republic; French Guiana; Guyana; Surinam
Notes: Eight subspecies including the nominate are now recognised. The true subspecific composition of S. subspinipes has yet to be determined and may now be unresolvable, as the widespread introductions of the various forms have masked their original, native distributions.
