Scolopendra subspinipes Leach 1815

• Main Authors: Schileyko, Arkady A., Stoev, Pavel E.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Chilopoda; Scolopendromorpha; Scolopendridae; Scolopendra; Scolopendra subspinipes; New Zealand; Rodriguez; Triton; Triton Bay
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6077630; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6077630

2. Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815 Figs 7–9 Scolopendra subspinipes subspinipes: Attems, 1930: 29; S. subspinipes subspinipes: Lewis, 1991: 337; S. subspinipes: Zalesskaja & Schileyko, 1991: 13; S. (s.str.) subspinipes: Schileyko, 1995: 75; S. subspinipes subspinipes: Schileyko, 2007: 75; S. subspinipes: Kronmüller, 2007: 20; S. subspinipes: Waldock & Lewis, 2014: 73; S. subspinipes: Siriwut et al., 2015: 2, 4, 7. Material. E Indonesia, West Papua Province: 1 ad [spm 1, No. 7505], [North-Central region of the Bird's Head Peninsula], Tamarau [= Tamrau] mts., nearly 12 km NW Fef village, 1050 m, primeval lower montane rainforest, MV light, 12 – 13.02.2012, leg. DT; 1 ad [spm 2, largest, No. 7506], Raja Ampat District, Waigeo Island, Waisai 9– 10 km NEE, 00°23’21”S, 130°54’17”E, 80 m, clearing in primeval lowland rainforest on limestone, 18.02.2012, leg. DT; 1 sad [spm 3, СDT], S Bird’s Neck, Kaimana 40 km E, Triton bay, Lobo village env., 03°45’00”S, 134°05’33”E, 700–900 m, primeval rainforest on limestone, 17.09.2010, leg. M. Kalninsh. Range. All tropical and subtropical regions of Asia. A few peripheral localities in Africa; Madagascar; The Seychelles; The Comoros; Rodriguez Island; The Philippines; E Indonesia; N Papua New Guinea; Christmas Island; Australia; New Zealand; Oceania. Introduced in New World (Bermuda, Caribbean, South America). For details see Simaiakis & Edgecombe (2013). Variability. Coxopleural processes with 3+3 (spm 3), 2+2 (spm 2) and 2+0 apical spines (spm 1 has right process abnormally spineless (regenerated?), Fig. 7). Remarks. Studied specimens are quite similar to those from Vietnam as described by Schileyko (1995). They differ mainly by having ultimate prefemur with 2 ventro-lateral, 2 ventro-medial and 2 dorso-medial small spines (Fig. 8) vs 1 ventro-lateral, 1 medial and 1 dorso-medial somewhat larger spines in the Vietnamese specimens. Furthermore, Papuan exemplars have relatively more slender basal articles of ultimate legs. In general, S. subspinipes has relatively ...