Scolopendra dehaani

Giant Vietnamese centipede
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Genus: Scolopendra
Species:
S. dehaani
Binomial name
Scolopendra dehaani
Brandt, 1840
Synonyms
List
  • Scolopendra subspinipes dehaani (Attems, 1930)[1]
  • Scolopendra arborea (Lewis, 1982), (Subjective, Siriwut W, Edgecombe GD,et al.(2016)
  • Scolopendra childreni Newport, 1844
  • Scolopendra concolor Newport, 1845
  • Scolopendra inermis Newport, 1845
  • Scolopendra inermipes Koch, 1847
  • Scolopendra silhetensis Newport, 1845
  • Scolopendra lucasii Gervais, 1847
  • Scolopendra horrida Koch, 1847
  • Scolopendra limicolor Wood, 1861
  • Scolopendra bispinipes Wood, 1862
  • Scolopendra fissispina Koch, 1865
  • Scolopendra nudipes Tömösváry, 1885
  • Scolopendra foveolata Verhoeff, 1937

Scolopendra dehaani, the giant Vietnamese centipede, is a large scolopendrid centipede found across Mainland Southeast Asia.[2][3] It is also found in India, Japan, Hong Kong, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.[1]

  1. ^ a b Review of the subspecies of Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815 with the new description of the South Chinese member of the genus Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 named Scolopendra hainanum spec. nov. (Myriapoda, Chilopoda, Scolopendridae) by Christian Kronmüller
  2. ^ Nariman Vazifdar, Patrick W. Aust, Mervyn D’Costa, A Centipede (Scolopendra dehaani) Feeding on a Juvenile Andaman Wolfsnake (Lycodon hypsirhinoides) on Havelock Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
  3. ^ "ITIS - Report: Scolopendra dehaani". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2022-07-21.