Scolopendromorpha

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Classis: Chilopoda
Ordo: Scolopendromorpha
Familiae (5): Cryptopidae - Mimopidae - Plutoniumidae - Scolopendridae - Scolopocryptopidae

Name

Scolopendromorpha Pocock, 1895
References
Primary references

Schileyko, A.A., Vahtera, V. & Edgecombe, G.D. 2020. An overview of the extant genera and subgenera of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda): A new identification key and updated diagnoses. Zootaxa 4825(1):1–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4825.1.1 Reference page.

Additional references

Chagas-Jr, A. et al. 2014: The centipedes (Arthropoda, Myriapoda, Chilopoda) from Colombia: Part I. Scutigeromorpha and Scolopendromorpha. Zootaxa 3779(2): 133–156. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.2.2 Reference page.
Edgecombe, G.D.; Koch, M. 2008: Phylogeny of scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda): morphological analysis featuring characters from the peristomatic area. Cladistics, 24(6): 872–901. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00220.x
Edgecombe, G.D.; Koch, M. 2009. The contribution of preoral chamberand foregut morphology to the phylogenetics of Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda). Soil Organisms, 81: 295-318.
Jiang, C., Bai, Y-J., Shi, M-X. & Liu, J. 2020. Rediscovery and phylogenetic relationships of the scolopendromorph centipede Mimops orientalis Kraepelin, 1903 (Chilopoda): a monotypic species of Mimopidae endemic to China, for more than one century. ZooKeys, 932: 75–91. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.932.51461 Open access Reference page.
Koch, M.; Pärschke, S.; Edgecombe, G.D. 2009: Phylogenetic implications of gizzard morphology in scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda). Zoologica scripta, 38(3): 269–288. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00372.x
Vahtera, V., Edgecombe, G.D. & Giribet, G. 2012a. Evolution of blindness in scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha): insight from an expanded sampling of molecular data. Cladistics, 28: 4-20.
Vahtera, V., Edgecombe, G.D. & Giribet, G. 2012b. Spiracle structure in scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) and its contribution to phylogenetics. Zoomorphology, 131: 225-248.
Vahtera, V.; Edgecombe, G.D.; Giribet, G. 2013: Phylogenetics of scolopendromorph centipedes: can denser taxon sampling improve an artificial classification? Invertebrate systematics 27(5): 578-602. DOI: 10.1071/IS13035 Reference page.
Akkari, N.; Stoev, P.; Lewis, J.G.E. 2008: The scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) of Tunisia: taxonomy, distribution and habitats. ZooKeys, 3: 77–102. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.3.51 Reference page.
Chagas-Junior, A.; Edgecombe, G.D.; Minelli, A. 2008: Variability in trunk segmentation in the centipede order Scolopendromorpha: a remarkable new species of Scolopendropsis Brandt (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 1888: 36–46. Abstract & excerpt PDF
Schileyko, A.A. 2014: A contribution to the centipede fauna of Venezuela (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha). Zootaxa 3821(2): 151–192. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3821.2.1 Reference page.
Schileyko, A.A. & Stoev, P. 2016. Scolopendromorpha of New Guinea and adjacent islands (Myriapoda, Chilopoda). Zootaxa 4147(3): 247–280. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.3.3. Reference page.

The Scolopendromorpha, also known as tropical centipedes[16] and bark centipedes,[ are epimorphic ] and usually possess 21 or 23 trunk segments with the same number of paired legs. The number of leg pairs is fixed at 21 for most species in this order and fixed at 23 for the remaining species, except for two species with intraspecific variation: Scolopendropsis bahiensis, which has 21 or 23 leg pairs, and Scolopendropsis duplicata, which has 39 or 43 leg pairs. Species in this order have antennae with 17 or more segments. The order comprises the five families Cryptopidae, Scolopendridae, Mimopidae, Scolopocryptopidae, and Plutoniumidae. Nearly all species in the family Scolopendridae have four ocelli (simple eyes) on each side of the head, and the genus Mimops (family Mimopidae) features a pale area often considered an ocellus on each side of the head, whereas the other three families are blind. Species in the family Scolopocryptopidae have 23 leg-bearing segments, whereas species in all other families in this order have only 21 leg-bearing segments (with the exception of the genus Scolopendropsis in Scolopendridae) The only 3 known amphibious centipedes, Scolopendra cataracta, Scolopendra paradoxa and Scolopendra alcyona belong to this order.