A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
An overview of the extant genera and subgenera of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda): a new identification key and updated diagnoses
Authors: Schileyko Arkady A., Vahtera Varpu, Edgecombe Gregory D.
Publisher: Magnolia Press
Publication year: 2020
Journal: Zootaxa
Volume: 4825
Issue: 1
First page : 1
Last page: 64
Number of pages: 64
ISSN: 1175-5326
eISSN: 1175-5334
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4825.1.1
The extant genera and subgenera of the order Scolopendromorpha are critically reviewed and provided with updated
diagnoses and a new identification key; the most recent revisions of scolopendromorph genera are concisely summarised.
Rhoda Meinert, 1886 and Cryptops (Chromatanops) Verhoeff, 1906 are suggested to be a junior synonyms of
Scolopendropsis Brandt, 1841 and Cryptops (Cryptops) Leach, 1814, respectively. The subgeneric status is formally
fixed for Cryptops (Paracryptops) Pocock, 1891 and Cormocephalus (Campylostigmus) Ribaut, 1923; the taxonomic
status of the former genus Kanparka Waldock & Edgecombe, 2012 is discussed. As a result of synonymies, the number
of scolopendromorph genera and subgenera is currently 37. The formal status of the former tribes Scolopendrini Leach,
1814, Asanadini Verhoeff, 1907 and Arrhabdotini Attems, 1930 is briefly discussed; the presence of the sexual dimorphism
among the taxa of generic level is overviewed.
