Scutigera coleoptrata ( Linnaeus, 1758 )

Vega-Román, Emmanuel & Ruiz, Víctor Hugo, 2018, Catalogue of Chilean centipedes (Myriapoda, Chilopoda), Soil Organisms 90 (1), pp. 27-37 : 28

2. Scutigera coleoptrata ( Linnaeus, 1758)

Scolopendra coleoptrata Linnaeus, 1758 : see. p. 638.

Scolopendra chilensis Gervais, 1847: 285 , figs 1–3.

Distribution: Talca, Concepción, Osorno, Santiago,

Navidad, Tregualemu ( Silvestri 1899, Sielfeld 2002,

Pérez-Schultheiss & Mosqueira 2009, Faúndez 2011,

Vega-Román & Ruiz 2013).

Type locality: Hispania , Spain ( Linnaeus 1758) .

Remarks: Until 2009 this species was only documented to the south of Talca ( Pérez-Schultheiss & Mosqueira 2009), but in recent years there are records from almost the entire south-central area in Chile ( Faúndez 2011, Vega-Román & Ruiz 2013). Almost worldwide distributed except of the northernmost areas ( Minelli 2011).

Order Family

Scolopendromorpha Pocock, 1895 Scolopendrida e Pocock, 1895

3. Akymnopellis chilensis ( Gervais, 1847) Scolopendra chilensis Gervais, 1847 : see p. 285.

Scolopendra pallida Gervais, 1847: 285–286 .

Distribution: Valparaíso, Aconcagua, Crest of Sierra Nahuelbuta, Talcahuano, Concepción , San Carlos, Temuco, Angol, Crest of Sierra Nahuelbuta. Villarrica, Juncal (4000 m), Coquimbo, Copiapó, Antuco, Chiguayante, Punta Arenas ( Gervais 1847, Silvestri 1905, Porter 1911, 1912, Chamberlin 1955, Bücherl 1974, Sielfeld 2002, Shelley 2008, Vega-Román et al. 2014).

Type locality: Chile ( Gervais 1847) .

Remarks: This species was recorded from Copiapó to Punta Arenas; it shows the largest distribution of all Chilopoda in Chile ( Shelley 2008, Vega-Román et al. 2014).