Biology:Scolopendra hardwickei
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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. hardwickei
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| Scolopendra hardwickei Newport, 1844
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Scolopendra hardwickei, the Indian tiger centipede, is a species of centipede in the family Scolopendridae.[1]
Description
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
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
The bite of S. hardwickei can cause swelling and drowsiness.
Bibliography
- 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
Wikidata ☰ Q6509886 entry
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