CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) 'Predation by giant centipedes, Scolopendra gigantea, on three species of bats in a Venezuelan cave' (PDF). galapagoensis Bollman 1889 (Chilopoda Scolopendromorpha Scolopendridae)' ( PDF). 'Neotype designation and a diagnostic account for the centipede, Scolopendra gigantea L. (cf) morsitans) are also known from Pliocene-aged rocks in the Makapansgat of South Africa. Fossil remains of a species tentatively assigned to S. One fossil species, † Scolopendra proavita, is known from Baltic amber deposits from the Eocene of Poland. Scolopendra spinosissima Kraepelin, 1903.Scolopendra punensis Jangi & Dass, 1984.Scolopendra pentagramma Motschoulsky, 1886.Scolopendra paranuda (Khanna & Tripathi, 1987).Scolopendra negrocapitis Zhang & Wang, 1999.Scolopendra michoacana Chamberlin, 1941.Scolopendra madagascariensis Attems, 1910.Scolopendra jangii Khanna & Yadav, 1997.Scolopendra galapagoensis Bollman, 1889.Scolopendra ellorensis Jangi & Dass, 1984.Scolopendra cataracta Siriwut, Edgecombe & Panha, 2016.Scolopendra attemsi Lewis, Minelli & Shelley, 2006.Scolopendra arthrorhabdoides Ribaut, 1912.Scolopendra andhrensis Jangi & Dass, 1984.Scolopendra abnormis Lewis & Daszak, 1996.The genus Scolopendra contains these species: morsitans the latter was chosen to be the type species by Opinion 454 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, overruling a previous designation by Pierre André Latreille, in which he chose Linnaeus' Scolopendra forficata (now Lithobius forficatus) as the type species. Only two of the species originally assigned to the genus remain so: Scolopendra gigantea and S. Scolopendra was one of the genera created by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae, the starting point for zoological nomenclature.

The venom of certain Scolopendra species were found to contain compounds such as serotonin, haemolytic phospholipase, a cardiotoxic protein, and a cytolysin. In 2014, a fatality was reported for a bite from a Scolopendra gigantea. Large Scolopendra species from Asian/Pacific regions, such as Scolopendra subspinipes and Scolopendra dehaani, are particularly potent, and have caused one reported fatality. The venom is not medically significant for most species however, bites from several species can cause intense and long-lasting pain and swelling. cataracta, is amphibious, and swims and walks underwater. Larger specimens have been observed preying on frogs, tarantulas, lizards, birds, snakes, rodents, and even bats. Scolopendra are active predators, feeding primarily on insects and other invertebrates. Īll Scolopendra species can deliver a painful bite, injecting venom through their forcipules, which are not fangs or other mouthparts, but instead modified legs on the first body segment.

The largest species found in tropical climates can exceed 30 cm (12 in) and are the largest living centipedes in the world. Scolopendra are mostly very large centipedes. The species vary considerably in coloration and size. The genus Scolopendra contains many species of centipedes found across the world's tropics and warmer temperate areas.

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