Scolopendra marginata, Say, 1821: 110

Shelley, Rowland M., 2006, A chronological catalog of the New World species of Scolopendra L., 1758 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae), Zootaxa 1253 (1), pp. 1-50 : 7

marginata Say, 1821:110 .

Neotype ( VMNH); neotype locality: Picolata, St. Johns Co., Florida, USA ( Hoffman & Shelley 1996, Shelley 2002) .

Original rank: species. Current rank and status: valid species of Hemiscolopendra Kraepelin, 1903 ; transferred into this genus by Hoffman & Shelley (1996).

Anatomical illustrations: Hoffman & Shelley (1996, figs. 1–3), Shelley (2002, fig. 65).

Distribution : an irregular area in the southeastern and southcentral United States extending from central Virginia, southern Ohio­Illinois , northwestern Arkansas and northcentral Texas to the south Florida Keys , the Gulf Coast , the Rio Grande , & Jim Wells Co. , Texas; the westernmost records are in the Chihuahuan Desert of Presidio Co. , Texas ( Hoffman & Shelley 1996, Shelley 2002). Map : Shelley (2002, fig. 71).