Centipedes of Britain and Ireland: systematic check list
Modified after Barber, A.D. (2009) Centipedes. Synopses of the British Fauna (NS) 58, Field Studies Council. Names as in the Chilobase database (chilobase.bio.unipd.it) Valid species names are shown in bold type. The most recent synonyms, which include a number of minor spelling mistakes perpetuated by earlier British workers, are listed beneath the current name. * indicates those species only found inside buildings or glasshouses. CLASS CHILOPODA ORDER GEOPHILOMORPHA *Family Mecistocephalidae *Dicellophilus carniolensis (C.L. Koch, 1847) *Mecistocephalus guildingii Newport 1843 *Tygarrup javanicus (Attems, 1907) Family Himantariidae Stigmatogaster souletina (Brolemann, 1907) Nesopororgaster souletina brevior Eason, 1962 Stigmatogaster subterranea (Shaw, 1789) Haplophilus subterraneus (Shaw, 1789) Family Schendylidae Hydroschendyla submarina (Grube, 1869) Schendyla carniolensis Verhoeff, 1902 V Schendyla zonalis Bröleman & Ribaut, 1911 Schendyla dentata (Bröleman & Ribaut, 1911) Brachyschendyla dentata Bröleman & Ribaut, 1911 *Schendyla monoeci Brölemann, 1904 Brachyschendyla monoeci (Brölemann, 1904) Schendyla nemorensis (C.L. Koch, 1837) Schendyla peyerimhoffi Brölemann & Ribaut, 1911 Family Dignathodontidae Henia brevis (Silvestri, 1896) Chaetechelyne montana oblongocribellata Verhoeff, 1898 Henia vesuviana (Newport, 1844) Chaetechelyne vesuviana (Newport, 1844) Family Lintotaeniidae Strigamia acuminata (Leach, 1814) Strigamia crassipes (C.L. Koch, 1835) Strigamia maritima (Leach, 1817) Family Geophilidae Arenophilus peregrinus Jones, 1989 Eurygeophilus pinguis (Brölemann, 1898) Chalandea pinguis (Brölemann, 1898) Geophilus carpophagus Leach, 1814 Geophilus carpophagus 'long form' of Eason, 1964Geophilus carpophagus sensu stricto Leach, 1814 Geophilus easoni Arthur et al., 2001 Geophilus carpophagus 'short form' of Eason, 1964 Geophilus electricus (Linné, 1758) Geophilus flavus (De Geer, 1778) Necrophloeophagus longicornis (Leach, 1814) Geophilus gracilis Meinert, 1870 Geophilus fucorum seurati Brölemann, 1924 Geophilus insculptus Attems, 1895 &Dagger Geophilus osquidatum Brölemann, 1909 Geophilus proximus C.L. Koch, 1847 Geophilus pusillifrater Verhoeff, 1898> Geophilus truncorum Bergsoë & Meinert, 1886 Brachygeophilus truncorum (Bergsoë & Meinert, 1886) Nothogeophilus turki Lewis, Jones & Keay, 1988 Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L.Koch, 1835) Stenotaenia linearis C.L. Koch, 1835 Clinopodes linearis (C.L. Koch, 1835) ORDER SCOLOPENDROMORPHA *Family Scolopendridae Scolopendra species and other ‘giant centipedes’ are occasionally imported accidentally with fruit, etc. Family Cryptopsidae Cryptops anomalans Newport, 1844 *Cryptops doriae Pocock, 1891 *Cryptops cf hispanus Brölemann, 1920 Cryptops hortensis (Donovan, 1810) Cryptops parisi Brölemann, 1920 ORDER LITHOBIOMORPHA Family Lithobiidae Lithobius agilis C.L. Koch, 1847 V Lithobius borealis Meinert, 1868 Lithobius lapidicola Latzel, 1880 Lithobius calcaratus C.L. Koch, 1844 Lithobius crassipes L. Koch, 1862 Lithobius curtipes C.L. Koch, 1847 Lithobius erythrocephalus C.L. Koch, 1847 V Lithobius forficatus (Linné, 1758) Lithobius lapidicola Meinert, 1872 Lithobius lucifugus L. Koch, 1862 Lithobius macilentus L. Koch, 1862 Lithobius aulacopus Latzel, 1880 Lithobius melanops Newport, 1845 Lithobius microps Meinert, 1868 Lithobius duboscqui Brolemann, 1896 Lithobius muticus C.L. Koch, 1847 Lithobius peregrinus Latzel, 1880 Lithobius piceus L. Koch, 1862 Lithobius pilicornis Newport, 1844 Lithobius tenebrosus Meinert, 1872 Lithobius nigrifrons (Latzel & Haase, 1880) Lithobius tricuspis Meinert, 1872 Lithobius variegatus Leach, 1814 Family Henicopidae *Lamyctes coeculus (Brolemann, 1899) Lamyctes emarginatus (Newport, 1844) Lamyctes fulvicornis Meinert, 1868 ORDER SCUTIGEROMORPHA Family Scutigeridae *Scutigera coleoptrata (Linné, 1758) *Thereuonema tuberculata (Wood, 1863) Known from outdoor locations in the Channel Islands V Species of doubtful status in the British Isles ‡ May be more correctly named Geophilus alpinus Meinert, 1870