Scolopendromorpha

Cryptops hortensis, copyright Tom Murray.

Belongs within: Myriapoda.

The Scolopendromorpha are a group of often large centipedes, bearing either 21 or 23 pairs of legs. Members of the family Scolopendridae bear four ocelli on either side of the head whereas species of Cryptopidae are eyeless (Mundel 1990).

See also: Giant centipedes (that aren't all giants).

<==Scolopendromorpha
    |--Cryptopidae E06
    |    |--Otocryptops [Scolopocryptopinae] K54
    |    |    |--O. ferrugineus (Linnaeus 1767) [=Scolopendra ferruginea] K54
    |    |    `--O. melanostomus A27
    |    |--Newportia [Dinocryptopinae] K55
    |    |    |--N. fuhrmanni Ribaut 1914 K55
    |    |    |--N. ignorata Kraus 1955 K55
    |    |    |--N. monticola Pocock 1890 K55
    |    |    |--N. simoni Brölemann 1898 K55
    |    |    `--N. stolli (Pocock 1896) [=Scolopendrides stolli] K54
    |    `--Cryptops Leach 1815 E06
    |         |  i. s.: C. anomalans Newport 1844 BFM03
    |         |         C. zelandicus M59
    |         |--*C. (Cryptops) hortensis (Donovan 1810) [=Scolopendra hortensis] E06
    |         `--C. (Trigonocryptops Verhoeff 1906) E06
    |              |--C. (*T.) gigas Kraepelin 1903 E06
    |              |--C. (T.) camoowealensis Edgecombe 2006 E06
    |              |--C. (T.) loveridgei Lawrence 1953 [incl. C. bokumensis Kraus 1958] E06
    |              |--C. (T.) roeplainsensis Edgecombe 2005 E06
    |              |--C. (T.) spinipes Pocock 1891 E06
    |              `--C. (T.) troglobius Matic et al. 1977 E06
    `--Scolopendridae GEW01
         |--Otostigminae [Otostigmidae] K54
         |    |--Rhysida K54
         |    |    |--R. nuda (Newport 1845) [=Branchiostoma nudum] K54
         |    |    `--R. subinermis A27
         |    |--Otostigmus A27
         |    |    |--O. astenus A27
         |    |    |--O. loriae A27
         |    |    `--O. politum Karsch 1881 A01
         |    `--Ethmostigmus MC13
         |         |--E. cribrifer A27
         |         |--E. curtipes MC13
         |         `--E. platycephalus A27
         `--Scolopendrinae T13
              |--Arthrorhabdus paucispinus MC13
              |--Cormocephalus T13
              |    |--C. hartmeyeri MG06
              |    |--C. rubriceps DGH93
              |    |--C. strigosus Kraepelin 1908 T13
              |    `--C. turneri MC13
              `--Scolopendra Linnaeus 1758 L58
                   |--S. cingulata GR98
                   |--S. coleoptrata Linnaeus 1758 L58
                   |--S. electrica Linnaeus 1758 L58
                   |--S. forficata Linnaeus 1758 L58
                   |--S. gigantea Linnaeus 1758 L58
                   |    |--S. g. gigantea K55
                   |    `--S. g. weyrauchi Bücherl 1950 K55
                   |--S. heros MH96
                   |--S. laeta MC13
                   |--S. marina Linnaeus 1758 L58
                   |--S. morsitans Linnaeus 1758 T13
                   |--S. occidentalis Linnaeus 1758 L58
                   |--S. phosphorea Linnaeus 1758 L58
                   |--S. polymorpha RS10
                   |--S. subspinipes Leach 1815 SB12
                   |--S. viridicornis K55
                   `--S. viridis Say 1821 K54

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A01] Attems, C. 1901. Myriopodák [Myriopoden]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 275–310. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[A27] Attems, C. 1927. Myriopoden von Ambon und anderen Inseln der Banda-See. Zoologische Mededeelingen 10: 61–70.

[BFM03] Bonato, L., D. Foddai & A. Minelli. 2003. Evolutionary trends and patterns in centipede segment number based on a cladistic analysis of Mecistocephalidae (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha). Systematic Entomology 28: 539–579.

[DGH93] Daugherty, C. H., G. W. Gibbs & R. A. Hitchmough. 1993. Mega-island or micro-continent? New Zealand and its fauna. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 8 (12): 437–442.

[E06] Edgecombe, G. D. 2006. A troglobitic cryptopid centipede (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from western Queensland. Records of the Western Australian Museum 23 (2): 193–198.

[GEW01] Giribet, G., G. D. Edgecombe & W. C. Wheeler. 2001. Arthropod phylogeny based on eight molecular loci and morphology. Nature 413: 157–161.

[GR98] Giribet, G., & C. Ribera. 1998. The position of arthropods in the animal kingdom: a search for a reliable outgroup for internal arthropod phylogeny. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 9: 481-488.

[K54] Kraus, O. 1954. Myriapoden aus El Salvador. Senckenbergiana Biologica 35 (5-6): 293–349.

[K55] Kraus, O. 1955. Myriapoden aus Peru, III. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36 (3-4): 173–200.

[L58] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae.

[MC13] Majer, J. D., S. K. Callan, K. Edwards, N. R. Gunawardene & C. K. Taylor. 2013. Baseline survey of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Barrow Island. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 13–112.

[MG06] Mallatt, J., & G. Giribet. 2006. Further use of nearly complete 28S and 18S rRNA genes to classify Ecdysozoa: 37 more arthropods and a kinorhynch. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 772–794.

[MH96] Miller, S. A., & J. P. Harley. 1996. Zoology 3^rd ed. Wm. C. Brown Publishers: Dubuque (Iowa).

[M59] Morgan, F. D. 1959. The ecology and external morphology of Stolotermes ruficeps Brauer (Isoptera: Hodotermitidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 86 (1): 155–195.

Mundel, P. 1990. Chilopoda. In: Dindal, D. L. (ed.) Soil Biology Guide pp. 819–833. John Wiley & Sones: New York.

[RS10] Regier, J. C., J. W. Shultz, A. Zwick, A. Hussey, B. Ball, R. Wetzer, J. W. Martin & C. W. Cunningham. 2010. Arthropod relationships revealed by phylogenomic analysis of nuclear protein-coding sequences. Nature 463: 1079–1083.

[SB12] Smith, M. J., C. R. J. Boland, D. Maple & B. Tiernan. 2012. The Christmas Island blue-tailed skink (Cryptoblepharus egeriae): a survey protocol and an assessment of factors that relate to occupancy and detection. Records of the Western Australian Museum 27 (1): 40–44.

[T13] Taylor, C. K. 2013. Annotated bibliography for Barrow Island terrestrial invertebrates. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 83: 135–144.

Last updated: 5 November 2017.