Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815

Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815 View in CoL , sensu stricto

Scolopendra subspinipes piceoflaoa Attems, 1938 , syn. nov. Scolopendra subspinipes fulgurans Bücherl, 1946 View in CoL , syn. nov.

Distribution. Russia, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia, São Tomé, Príncipe, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Zanzibar, South Africa, Seychelles, Reunion, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Madagascar, Andaman Islands, Nicobar Islands, Pacific Islands, Bermuda, Central America, Caribbean Islands, Colombia, Guyana, French Guyana, Surinam, Brazil.

Description

(according to Attems, 1930)

General: Length up to 150 mm, colouration variable.

Head: No anterior transverse sulcus, from 4 to 9 (mostly 5-6) coxosternal teeth, antennomere with 18-19 (rarely just 17 or more than 19) articles, 4 1 / 2 to 6 of them are sparsely hirsute.

Tergites: Paramedian sulci start on tergite 3 (sometimes tergite 2 or more caudal), margination starts from tergit 5 to 16.

Sternites: Sternite 2 to 19 with two paramedian furrows (very weak at sternite 16 to 19).

Coxopleural process: 2 coxopleural spines (seldom only 1 or up to 3).

Locomotory legs: All legs with two accessory spurs, 20th pair of legs mostly with tarsal spur.

Prefemur of terminal legs: Ventral-lateral with 2 (rarely 1 or 3) spines, medial 1 or 2 and dorsal-medial 1 to 3 spines; prefemoral process with usually 2, rarely with 1 or 3-5 tips.