On Scolopocryptops species from the Fiji Islands (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha, Scolopocryptopidae)

Author: Júnior Amazonas Chagas  

Publisher: Brill

ISSN: 1875-2543

Source: International Journal of Myriapodology, Vol.3, Iss.2, 2010-04, pp. : 159-168

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Abstract

The scolopocryptopine centipedes from Fiji Islands are revised. Two species belonging to the genus Scolopocryptops - S. aberrans (Chamberlin, 1920) and S. melanostoma Newport, 1845 - are recorded. Scolopocryptops aberrans is redescribed and illustrated for the rst time. Scolopocryptops miersii jiensis is a junior subjective synonym of S. aberrans, and S. verdescens is a junior subjective synonym of S. melanostoma. An emended diagnosis for S. melanostoma is presented.

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