Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Scolopendra galapagoensis Bollman, 1889

scolopendra, ciempiés de Galápagos, Galápagos centipede

Scolopendra galapagoensis Photo: A. Walentowitz.
Scolopendra galapagoensis Photo: A. Walentowitz.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Chilopoda

Order
Scolopendromorpha

Family
Scolopendridae

Genus
Scolopendra

Species
galapagoensis

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Darwin, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Volcán Cerro Azul, Volcán Sierra Negra, Volcán Alcedo, Volcán Darwin, Volcán Wolf, Marchena, North Plaza, Pinta, Pinzón, Rábida, Santiago, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, Wolf

References

  • Desender, K. Baert, L., Maelfait, J.-P. & Verdyck P. (1990) Conservation on Volcan Alcedo (Galapagos): terrestrial invertebrates and the impact of introduced feral goats. Biological Conservation 87: 303-310.
  • Peck, S.B. Shear, W.A. (2000) New Records of Myriapoda (Centipedes and Millipedes) from the Galapagos Islands. Noticias de Galapagos 61: 14-16.
  • Peck, S.B. (1996) The arthropods of the allobiosphere (barren lava flows) of the Galapagos islands, Ecuador Noticias de Galápagos 56: 9-12.
  • Jaramillo, P. Reyes, D. & Yánez, P. (2005) Arthopods in the Charles Darwin Research Station herbarium, Galápagos, during 1999-2001. GALAPAGOS RESEARCH. Noticias de Galápagos. 63: 23-25.
  • Baert, L. Herrera, H.W. (2013) The Myriapoda of the Galápagos Archipelago, Ecuador (Chilopoda, Diplopoda, Symphyla) Belgian Journal of Entomology 14 :1-49

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