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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Myriapods (Myriapoda) » Centipedes (Chilopoda) » Bark Centipedes (Scolopendromorpha) » Plutoniumidae » Theatops » Theatops posticus

Species Theatops posticus

Classification · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Centipede - Theatops posticus Theatops sp. - Theatops posticus Centipede with young - Theatops posticus - female Centipede with young - Theatops posticus - female Centipede - Theatops posticus Smooth-tailed Forceps Centipede (T. posticus) - Theatops posticus Theatops posticus - Theatops posticus - female Orange Centipede - Theatops posticus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Myriapoda (Myriapods)
Class Chilopoda (Centipedes)
Order Scolopendromorpha (Bark Centipedes)
Family Plutoniumidae
Genus Theatops
Species posticus (Theatops posticus)
Identification
Cryptopidae: ocelli absent; 21 pairs of legs & pedal segments. Theatops: caudal legs enlarged, heavily sclerotized, forcipulate; ultimate segment longer than any of the others.
Range
se. US + sw. US (AZ and parts of adjacent states); Mexico (map)(1); the more widespread of the 2 spp. occurring east of the Mississippi River
Works Cited
1.Shelley R.M. (2002-) The centipede order Scolopendromorpha in North America
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 March, 2007 - 6:47pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 4 November, 2011 - 10:16am

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