Scolopendra polymorpha Wood, 1861

Cupul-Magaña, Fabio Germán, 2013, An annotated list of the centipedes (Chilopoda) in the National Collection of Arachnids, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Addendum: Scutigeromorpha and Scolopendromorpha, Insecta Mundi 2013 (282), pp. 1-10 : 4-5

Scolopendra polymorpha Wood, 1861

Scolopendra copeiana Wood, 1862

Scolopendra copeana Wood, 1865

Scolopendra mysteca Humbert and Saussure, 1869

Scolopendra californica Humbert and Saussure, 1870

Scolopendra pachypus Kohlrausch, 1878

Scolopendra leptodera Kohlrausch, 1881

Scolopendra viridilimbata Daday, 1891

Scolopendra copeiana gaumeri Pocock, 1895

Scolopendra mohavea Chamberlin, 1912

Scolopendra polymorpha pueblae Chamberlin, 1915

Scolopendra viridis polymorpha Attems, 1930

Scolopendra michelbacheri Verhoeff, 1938

Type locality (for lectotype). USA: Kansas, Riley County, Fort Riley ( ANSP: The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).

Exemplars examined. Chihuahua: dirt road La Bufa-Samachique, 1 km to Quirare, 2/VIII/2005, 1,972 m elev., 27° 9.067’ N– 107° 33.986’ W, colls. O. Francke, K. McWest, J. Ballesteros, H. Montaño, L. Jarvis, 3 exs. Guerrero: Ixtapa Zihuatanejo, IX/2004, 3 exs. Hidalgo: municipality of Zimapán, VI/2002, 3 exs. Jalisco: Reserva de la Biosfera Sierra de Manantlán , Ejido Ahuacapan, Autlán, 2/IV/2012, 1,967 m elev., 19.60469° N– 104.29914° W, colls. C. Santibañez, L. Olguín, D. Ortíz, J. Mendoza, G. Contre- ras, 1 ex. ; 30 km W to Ameca, Los Otates bridge, without date, 20° 31.879’ N- 104° 15.564’ W, 1,497 m elev., colls. O. Francke, J. Ponce, M. Córdova, A. Jaimes, G. Francke, V. Capovilla, 1 ex. Michoacán: Landero, municipality of Benito Juárez, 24/XII/2006, 1,719 m elev., 19° 18.925’ N– 100° 22.930’ W, coll. A. Valdez, 2 exs., (new state record). Nuevo León: El Nogal, municipality of Agualeguas, III/2002, 2 exs. Oaxaca: CNAN-CH000280 , El Cerezo, 27/III/2006, in bromeliad T. prodigiosa , 1 ex. Puebla: CNAN-CH000410 , federal road México-Puebla, I-IX/2005, coll. B. Villa, 1 ex. ; bus stop Mezquites, municipality of Coxcatlán, 10/IX/2010, 1,086 m elev., 18.30288° N- 97.21601° W, xerofilic scrub, colls. A. Valdez, O. Francke, J.A. Cruz, D. Barrales, 1 ex. Querétaro: Río Blanco , municipality of Peñamiller, VI/2007, 1 ex. Sinaloa: El Fuerte, municipality of El Fuerte, 14/VIII/2002, 1 ex. ; El Varejonal, municipality of Badiraguato, 18/ VIII /2002, 1 ex. Sonora: Hermosillo , 18/ VI /2004, 1 ex. ; Cerro La Huertita, Sierra Aconchi, municipality of Aconchi , 7/VII/2012, 1,860 m elev., 29.80500° N– 110.35333° W, pineoak forest, colls. T. R. Van Devender, N. S. Deyo, 1 ex. ; W of Mazatán, municipality of Mazatán , 13/ VIII / 2012, 550 m elev., 29.00427° N– 110.14806° W, colls. T. R. Devender, J. Palting, 1 ex. ; Rancho de Los Alisos, Sierra Aconchi, municipality of Aconchi , 2/IX/2012, 1,301 m elev., 29.79833° N- 110.31972° W, riparian and oak forest, colls. T. R. Van Devender, A. L. Reina, 2 exs. ; Rancho de Los Jácaros, Sierra Aconchi, municipality of Aconchi , 4/IX/2012, 1,364 m elev., 29.78556° N- 110.34056° W, riparian and oak forest, colls. T. R. Van Devender, A. L. Reina, 1 ex. Tamaulipas: Guayalejo, municipality of Llera, 25/ V /2003, 1 ex.

Geographical distribution. See Cupul-Magaña (2010a).

Distribution in México. Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Distrito Federal, Durango, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nuevo León, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas ( Shelley 2002; Cupul-Magaña 2009, 2010a).