Biology:Scolopendra cingulata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Scolopendromorpha |
| Family: | Scolopendridae |
| Genus: | Scolopendra |
| Species: | S. cingulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829
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Scolopendra cingulata, also known as Megarian banded centipede,[2] and the Mediterranean banded centipede,[3] is a species of centipede,[4] and "the most common scolopendromorph species in the Mediterranean area".[5]
Description
The species has alternating bands of black and yellow-gold.[6] At approximately 10–15 centimetres (3.9–5.9 in), Scolopendra cingulata is one of the smallest species in the family Scolopendridae.
Its venom is also not as toxic as that of other scolopendrid centipedes.[3]
Distribution
Widely distributed, this species can be found throughout southern Europe, including Portugal and around the Mediterranean Sea, in such countries as Spain, France, Italy, Croatia and Greece, as well as parts of North Africa and Eastern Europe, in Albania and Ukraine.[3][7]
Habitat
Scolopendra cingulata is a burrowing animal, preferring dark, damp environments such as beneath logs and in leaf litter.[3]
Diet
Scolopendra cingulata is an opportunistic carnivore. It will attack and consume almost any animal that is not larger than itself. These include insects and small lizards.[3]
References
- ↑ "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/13aa5b42-b3ae-464e-b458-b1ecc23dad44#common_name. - ↑ Digimorph - Scolopendra cingulata (centipede)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Megarian Banded Centipede Care Sheet". Petbugs.com. Archived from the original. Error: If you specify
|archiveurl=, you must also specify|archivedate=. https://web.archive.org/web/20190729231530/http://www.petbugs.com/caresheets/S-cingulata.html. Retrieved 2011-10-27. - ↑ Megarian banded centipede (Scolopendra cingulata) Escolopendra
- ↑ Stylianos Michail Simaiakis, Sinos Giokas & Zoltán Korsós (2011). "Morphometric and meristic diversity of the species Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829 (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae) in the Mediterranean region". Zoologischer Anzeiger 250 (1): 67–79. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2010.11.006.
- ↑ "Megarian banded centipede (Scolopendra cingulata) Escolopendra". Wildsideholidays.com. 2009-02-25. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20121010044857/http://www.grazalemaguide.com/. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
- ↑ de Jong, Y. et al. (2014) Fauna Europaea - all European animal species on the web. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e4034. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.2.e4034.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q976489 entry
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