Scolopocryptops ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Cupul-Magaña, Fabio Germán, 2010, An annotated list of the centipedes (Chilopoda) in the National Collection of Arachnids, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Insecta Mundi 2010 (125), pp. 1-10 : 7

Scolopocryptops ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Type locality. West Africa.

Exemplars examined. Guerrero: Omiltemi Park, 8/III/2003, 19 o 58.720´N- 99 o 41.740´W, colls. E. González, O. Francke, 1 ex. San Luis Potosí: Ciudad Valles, 10/VII/2000, 1 ex., (new state record).

Geographical distribution. Bahamas, Cameroon (West Africa), Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinica, México, Peru, Saint Vincent, and Venezuela (Chagas 2003).

Distribution in México. Guerrero, San Luis Potosí, and Veracruz.

Remark. Scolopocryptops gracilis Wood, 1862 ( Shelley 2002) has been documented in Baja California, and Scolopocryptops ferrugineus (Linnaeus, 1767) occurs in Guerrero ( Pocock 1895 -1910) and Veracruz (Chagas 2003). Chilobase ( Minelli 2006) also record S. melanostomus Newport, 1845 from México in general, so just three species of Scolopocryptops has been documented to occur in the country.