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Hemiscolopendra marginata

(Say, 1821)

Eastern Bark Centipede

GNRUnranked Found in 2 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

GNRUnrankedGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.1315759

Element CodeITUNI0U010

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryInvertebrate Animal

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomAnimalia

PhylumArthropoda

ClassChilopoda

OrderScolopendromorpha

FamilyScolopendridae

GenusHemiscolopendra

Concept Reference

Shelley, R. M. 2008. Revision of the centipede genus Hemiscolopendra Kraepelin, 1903: and possible misidentifications of Scolopendra spp.; proposal of Akymnopellis, n. gen. and redescriptions of its South American components (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae: Scolopendrinae). International Journal of Myriapodology 2:171-204.

Taxonomic Comments

Possibly misidentified in older publications as Scolopendra morsitans and and S. pachygnatha (Shelley 2008).

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
South Carolina	SNR	Yes

Roadless Areas (2)

Arkansas (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Brush Heap	Ouachita National Forest	4,205

Georgia (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Rocky Mountain	Chattahoochee National Forest	4,269

References (2)

Bonato, L., J.A. Chagas, G.D. Edgecombe, J.G.E. Lewis, A. Minelli, L.A. Pereira, R.M. Shelley, P. Stoev, and M. Zapparoli. 2016. ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Available at https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it
Shelley, R. M. 2008. Revision of the centipede genus Hemiscolopendra Kraepelin, 1903: and possible misidentifications of Scolopendra spp.; proposal of Akymnopellis, n. gen. and redescriptions of its South American components (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae: Scolopendrinae). International Journal of Myriapodology 2:171-204.