Ethmostigmus trigonopodus (Leach,1817)
Ethmostigmus trigonopodus (Leach,1817)
Original description: Leach W.E. (1817). The zoological miscellany, being the descriptions of new ar interesting animals. III. XII. The caracters of the genera of the class Myriopoda. - Taylor, London, 3: 31-45, 10 pl., see p. 36.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758
Type locality: unknown as reference is unavailable
Synonym(s):
- Dacetum capense C.L. Koch, 1847
- Scolopendra eydouxiana Gervais, 1838
- Heterostoma newporti Lucas, 1858
- Scolopendra canidens hannoensis Turk, 1951
- Ethmostigmus australianus stechowi Verhoeff, 1941
Subspecies:
- Ethmostigmus trigonopodus pygomenasoides Lewis, 1992
- Ethmostigmus trigonopodus trigonopodus (Leach, 1817)
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Schileyko A.A., Stagl V. (2004). The collection of scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda) in the Natural History Museum in Vienna: a critical re-evaluation of former taxonomic identifications - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B, 105B: 67-137, see p. 114.
Distribution:
-- within Africa: Algeria; Angola; Congo; Ethiopia; Malawi; Sudan; Tanzania
Notes: Records from Turkey and Bismarck Archipelago (Witu Islands) are questionable
