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Scolopendra proavita

Myriapoda - Scolopendromorpha - Scolopendridae

Taxonomy
Scolopendra proavita was named by Menge (1854). It is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Danziger Naturkundemuseum Menge collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Poland.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. morsitans

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Scolopendra proavita Menge p. 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
classMyriapoda()
RankNameAuthor
classChilopoda(Latreille 1817)
—Pleurostigmophora
—Phylactrometria
—EpimorphaHaase 1880
orderScolopendromorpha
familyScolopendridae
genusScolopendra
speciesproavita

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.

†Scolopendra proavita Menge 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available