Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Myriapoda > Class Chilopoda > Subclass Pleurostigmophora > Order Scolopendromorpha > Family Scolopendridae

Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Scolopendra canidens Newport, 1844
Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1789
Scolopendra clavipes C.L.Koch, 1847
Scolopendra cretica Attems, 1902
Scolopendra dalmatica C.L.Koch, 1847
Scolopendra marina Linnaeus, 1758
Scolopendra oraniensis H. Lucas, 1846
Scolopendra valida H. Lucas, 1840

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
taxonomy source	Barber, Anthony. (2014). Early records and names of British & Irish centipedes. Bulletin of the British Myriapod and Isopod Group [BMIG]. 27: 43-52.
taxonomy source	Ashworth, J.H. (1912). Catalogue of the Chaetopoda in the British Museum. A. Polychaeta: Part 1. Arenicolidae. London, British Museum of Natural History.
taxonomy source	Siriwut, W.; Edgecombe, G.; Sutcharit, C.; Tongkerd, P.; Panha, S. (2016). A taxonomic review of the centipede genus Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae) in mainland Southeast Asia, with description of a new species from Laos. ZooKeys. 590: 1-124.