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 galapagoensis Bollman, 1889

Original description: Bollman C.H. (1889). Myriapoda. In: L.O. Howard (ed.), Scientific results of explorations by the U. S. Fish. Commission Steamer 'Albatross' - Proceedings of the United States National Museum , 12: 211-216, see p. 215.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Scolopendridae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758

Type locality: Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Chatham Island

Synonym(s):

• Hemiscolopendra galapagosa Chamberlin, 1955
• Scolopendra gigantea weyrauchi Bücherl, 1950

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Shelley R.M., Kiser S.B. (2000). Neotype designation and a diagnostic account for the centipede, Scolopendra gigantea L.,1758, with an account of S. galapagoensis Bollman 1889 (Chilopoda Scolopendromorpha Scolopendridae) - Tropical Zoology, 13: 159-170, see p. 166.

Distribution:

-- within Southern America: Costa Rica; Ecuador; Galápagos