Genus Ethmostigmus Pocock, 1898

Type-species. Scolopendra trigonopoda Leach, 1817 (by subsequent designation).

Range. India: Tamil Nadu, Assam, Madras; W Nepal ( Annapurna Reservation Area) ; Bhutan; Sri Lanka; China; Myanmar; Cambodia; Laos; Thailand; Vietnam; Singapore; Taiwan; Philippines; Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo Island (Sarawak) ; Indonesia: Java Island, Sulawesi Island, Maluku Islands, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua; Papua New Guinea: Madang Province, Bismarck Archipelago; Australia: Northern Territory (Keep River National Park) , Western Australia (McDermid Rock, Kimberley, Banjiwarn, Goldsworthy); Solomon Islands; Polynesia: Tahiti, Society Islands, Tuvalu Islands; Turkey (?); Africa: Algeria; Ethiopia; Sudan; Tanzania; Gambia ( Bijilo Forest Park) ; Angola; Malawi; Congo; Zanzibar Archipelago; Fernando Po Island.

Remarks. Ethmostigmus relictus was described by Chamberlin (1944b) from “«Luid[?]», Dutch New Guinea [West Papua Province]” on the basis of one specimen. According to the author the species is morphologically close to E. rubripes in the form of the “pseudopleural [=coxopleural] process” but differs from the latter “in having but two spines above [=dorsal] with these low and blunt, almost abortive. It differs also in lacking a tarsal spine [=spur] on the 20th pair of legs”. All these “differences” fall well within the intraspecific variability of E. r. rubripes, so this dubious form has not been included in the list of species. According to Bonato et al. (2016) E. relictus is known also from Java Island (Indonesia) but we were not able to find where this record comes from.