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Scolopendridae

Myriapoda - Scolopendromorpha - Scolopendridae

Taxonomy
Scolopendridae is a family. It is extant. Its type is Scolopendra.

It was assigned to Chilopoda by Piton (1940); to Scolopendrida by Hoffman (1969); and to Scolopendromorpha by Wilson (2003) and Edgecombe and Giribet (2007).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Scolopendridae Piton p. 108
1969Scolopendridae Hoffman p. 604
2003Scolopendridae Wilson p. 73
2007Scolopendridae Edgecombe and Giribet

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classMyriapoda()
RankNameAuthor
classChilopoda(Latreille 1817)
Pleurostigmophora
Phylactrometria
EpimorphaHaase 1880
orderScolopendromorpha
familyScolopendridae
familyScolopendridae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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G. †Cratoraricrus Wilson 2003
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Cratoraricrus oberlii Wilson 2003
G. †Procrytops Piton 1940
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Procrytops brohlmanni Piton 1940
G. Scolopendra Linnaeus 1758
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Scolopendra proavita Menge 1854
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available