# Escolopendra

Les escolopendres (Scolopendra) o cuques de cent cames constitueixen un gènere de quilòpodes pertanyents a la família dels escolopèndrids.

## Descripció

En climes temperats es troben espècies relativament petites mentre que les espècies dels tròpics poden superar els 30 cm de longitud.

## Taxonomia

El gènere Scolopendra conté les següents espècies:
* Scolopendra abnormis Lewis & Daszak, 1996
* Scolopendra afer (Meinert, 1886)
* Scolopendra algerina Newport, 1845
* Scolopendra alternans Leach, 1813
* Scolopendra andhrensis Jangi & Dass, 1984
* Scolopendra angulata Newport, 1844
* Scolopendra angusticollis Murray, 1887
* Scolopendra anomia Newport, 1844
* Scolopendra appendiculata Daday, 1891
* Scolopendra arborea Lewis, 1982
* Scolopendra arenicola (Lawrence, 1975)
* Scolopendra arthrorhabdoides Ribaut, 1912
* Scolopendra attemsi Lewis, Minelli & Shelley, 2006
* Scolopendra aztecorum Verhoeff, 1934
* Scolopendra calcarata Porat, 1876
* Scolopendra canidens Newport, 1844
* Scolopendra childreni Newport, 1844
* Scolopendra chlora Chamberlin, 1942
* Scolopendra chlorotes L. Koch, 1856
* Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829
* Scolopendra clavipes C. L. Koch, 1847
* Scolopendra concolor Newport, 1845
* Scolopendra crassa Templeton, 1846
* Scolopendra cretica Attems, 1902
* Scolopendra cribrifera Gervais, 1847
* Scolopendra crudelis C. L. Koch, 1847
* Scolopendra dalmatica C. L. Koch, 1847
* Scolopendra ellorensis Jangi & Dass, 1984
* Scolopendra fissispina L. Koch, 1865
* Scolopendra foveolata Verhoeff, 1937
* Scolopendra galapagoensis Bollman, 1889
* Scolopendra gigantea Linnaeus, 1758
* Scolopendra gracillima Attems, 1898
* Scolopendra hardwickei Newport, 1844
* Scolopendra hermosa Chamberlin, 1941
* Scolopendra heros Girard, 1853
* Scolopendra horrida C. L. Koch, 1847
* Scolopendra inaequidens Gervais, 1847
* Scolopendra indiae (Chamberlin, 1914)
* Scolopendra indica Meinert, 1886
* Scolopendra inermipes C. L. Koch, 1847
* Scolopendra inermis Newport, 1845
* Scolopendra jangii Khanna & Yadav, 1997
* Scolopendra koreana (Verhoeff, 1934)
* Scolopendra labiata C. L. Koch, 1863
* Scolopendra laeta Haase, 1887
* Scolopendra langi (Chamberlin, 1927)
* Scolopendra latro Meinert, 1886
* Scolopendra limicolor Wood, 1861
* Scolopendra lucasii Gervais, 1847
* Scolopendra lutea (Attems, 1928)
* Scolopendra madagascariensis Attems, 1910
* Scolopendra malkini Chamberlin, 1955
* Scolopendra mazbii Gravely, 1912
* Scolopendra media (Muralewicz, 1926)
* Scolopendra melionii Lucas, 1853
* Scolopendra metuenda Pocock, 1895
* Scolopendra michoacana Chamberlin, 1941
* Scolopendra mima Chamberlin, 1942
* Scolopendra mirabilis (Porat, 1876)
* Scolopendra monticola (Lawrence, 1975)
* Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758
* Scolopendra multidens Newport, 1844
* Scolopendra negrocapitis Zhang & Wang, 1999
* Scolopendra nuda (Jangi & Dass, 1980)
* Scolopendra occidentalis F. Meinert, 1886
* Scolopendra octodentata Verhoeff, 1934
* Scolopendra oraniensis Lucas, 1846
* Scolopendra paradoxa Doménech, 2018
* Scolopendra pachygnatha Pocock, 1895
* Scolopendra paranuda (Khanna & Tripathi, 1987)
* Scolopendra pentagramma Motschoulsky, 1886
* Scolopendra pinguis Pocock, 1891
* Scolopendra polymorpha Wood, 1861
* Scolopendra pomacea C. L. Koch, 1847
* Scolopendra puncticeps Wood, 1861
* Scolopendra punensis Jangi & Dass, 1984
* Scolopendra robusta Kraepelin, 1903
* Scolopendra sanatillae Bollman, 1893
* Scolopendra silhetensis Newport, 1845
* Scolopendra spinipriva Bücherl, 1946
* Scolopendra spinosissima Kraepelin, 1903
* Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815
* Scolopendra sumichrasti Saussure, 1860
* Scolopendra tenuitarsis Pocock, 1895
* Scolopendra valida Lucas, 1840
* Scolopendra violacea Fabricius, 1798
* Scolopendra viridicornis Newport, 1844
* Scolopendra viridipes Dufour, 1820
* Scolopendra viridis Say, 1821
* Scolopendra zuluana (Lawrence, 1958)

## Referències

* ↑ R. M. Shelley & S. B. Kiser «Neotype designation and a diagnostic account for the centipede, Scolopendra gigantea L. 1758, with an account of S. galapagoensis Bollman 1889 (Chilopoda Scolopendromorpha Scolopendridae)» (PDF). Tropical Zoology, 13, 1, 2000, pàg. 159–170.
* ↑ «Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758». ChiloBase. Università di Padova. Arxivat de l'original el 2011-07-22. [Consulta: 29 octubre 2010].
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