Scolopendra hardwickei

Species of centipede

Scolopendra hardwickei

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Subphylum:  | Myriapoda
Class:  | Chilopoda
Order:  | Scolopendromorpha
Family:  | Scolopendridae
Genus:  | Scolopendra
Species:  |

S. hardwickei

Binomial name
Scolopendra hardwickei

Newport, 1844

Synonyms

* Scolopendra bicolor (Humbert, 1865)
* Scolopendra histrionic (CL Koch, 1847)

Scolopendra hardwickei, the Indian tiger centipede, is a species of centipede in the family Scolopendridae.[1]

## Description[edit]

Scolopendra hardwickei can reach a length of 16 centimetres (6.3 in). Antennas consist of 17 or 18 segments, of which the first 6-7 are shiny. It is a pigmented species, with exceptionally bright and contrasting coloration, alternating dark orange and deep black segments, with dark orange legs.[2] The head and antennae or also dark orange, but the first six segments of the antennae are generally of a lighter hue.[3]

## Distribution[edit]

This species is common in the south of the Indian peninsula and it is rarely found on the islands of Sumatra and Nicobar.[2][4]

## Venom[edit]

The bite of S. hardwickei can cause swelling and drowsiness.

## Bibliography[edit]

* Attems C. (1930) Myriopoda. 2. Scolopendromorpha, Das Tierreich. De Gruyter, Berlin. 54: 1-308
* ChiloBase: A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda) for the web. Minelli A. (ed)
* Dr. Graf Attems - Myriopoda. 2. Scolopendromorpha (1930)
* G.E. Lewis. 1981. The biology of centipedes, Cambridge University Press
* Haase E. (1887) Die Indisch-Australischen Myriopoden. Pt. I. Chilopoden, Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und. Anthropologisch- Ethnographischen Museums zu Dresden. 5: 1-118
* Humbert A. (1865) Essai sur les myriapodes de Ceylan, Mèmoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genéve. 18: 1-62
* Koch C.L. (1847) System der Myriapoden. In: Herrich-Schäffer L. (ed.), Kritische Revision der Insectenfauna Deutschlands., Pustet, Regensburg. 3:1-270
* Newport G. (1844) A list of the species of Myriapoda order Chilopoda contained in the cabinets of the British Museum with synoptic descriptions of forty-seven new species, Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13: 94-101

## References[edit]

1. ^ Catalogue of life
2. ^ a b Terrarium.com
3. ^ "SCOLOPENDRA: CHARACTERISTICS, HABITAT, FOOD, SPECIES - SCIENCE". warbletoncouncil. Retrieved 2021-07-29.
4. ^ GBIF

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q6509886
* BOLD: 653832
* CoL: 4VS83
* EoL: 309443
* GBIF: 5179553
* iNaturalist: 602280
* ITIS: 1091058
* NCBI: 1418201

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