Scolopendra subspinipes subspinipes Leach

Lewis, JGE, 2002, their adjacent islets (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha), Journal of Natural History 36, pp. 79-106 : 83

publication ID	1464-5262
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10540837
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scientific name	Scolopendra subspinipes subspinipes Leach
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Treatment

Scolopendra subspinipes subspinipes Leach View in CoL View at ENA

Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815: 383 View in CoL .

Previous records

Rodrigues. As Rhombocephalus smaragdinus Butler, 1876 (Butler, 1876) and. ferruginea C. L. Koch, 1847 (Butler, 1879), Lewis and Daszak (1996) .

Material studied

Rodrigues. Six spms 18±79 mm, under stones, heavily grazed grass, hill just W

Port Mathurin, 9 November 1995. One spm, 74 mm, under stones in woodland, Forestry Headquarters, Solitude, 10 November 1995. Two spms, 26 and 51 mm under stones, Caverne Patate, 10 November 1995, S. J. Lewis. Raphael Island . St Brandon, Cargados Carajos 17 ss 00 ¾ S 59 ss 60 ¾ E. Two spms, 81 and 84 mm, January 1996, Kirsty Swinnerton .

Remarks

These are typical examples of the nominate subspecies. The species is very widely distributed and found in this region on Madagascar, Seychelles and the Comores.

is surprisingly absent from Mauritius and its adjacent islets as it is from the islands oOE Rodrigues.