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Cave Biology Data Portal
Subterranean biodiversity of North America and around the globe
AnimaliaArthropodaMyriapoda

Class Chilopoda
Latreille, 1817 · Centipedes

Species in this portal
22
Ecological class
12 trogloxenes, 5 troglophiles, 4 troglobionts and 1 accidental
Realm
Terrestrial
Continent
North America
Country
United States
States and provinces
13 states and provinces
Counties
40
Karst regions
Appalachians, Edwards Plateau and Balcones, Guadalupe Mountains, Mother Lode, Other
Conservation
4 of 8 ranked G1 or G2

Orders

  • Geophilomorpha 4 in portal
  • Lithobiomorpha 11 in portal
  • Scolopendromorpha 5 in portal
  • Scutigeromorpha 2 in portal

Species in this portal

  • Arenophilus bipuncticeps Northern Short-Clawed Centipede GNR GA
  • Empherozoster antaeus NM
  • Ethopolys bipunctatus UT
  • Hemiscolopendra marginata Eastern Bark Centipede GNR IN
  • Lithobius atkinsoni AL, FL, GA, TN
  • Nadabius ameles MO
  • Nampabius mycophor AL
  • Nampabius turbator G1 VA
  • Neolithobius voracior GA
  • Otostigmus cooperi
  • Paitobius arienus AL
  • Paitobius carolinae AL
  • Paitobius juventus AL
  • Scolopocryptops sexspinosus Eastern Fire Centipede GNR AL, GA, MO, TN
  • Scutigera coleoptrata House Centipede GNR IL
  • Sphendononema guildingii Quarenta-Pernas
  • Stenophilus californicus G1G2 CA
  • Strigamia branneri IA, VA
  • Thalkethops grallatrix G1G2 NM
  • Theatops phanus G2G3 TX
  • Typhlobius caecus AL, GA
  • Watobius anderisus AL

No species match that filter.

Other resources

Catalogue of Life
93
GBIF
360
ITIS
154400
iNaturalist
49556
NCBI Taxonomy
7540

Cave Biology Data Portal

Species accounts, distributions, and conservation status for the subterranean fauna of North America and around the globe, with resources for the cave and karst research community.

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