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Revalidated
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(
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A, 2A, D, 3, 4 A–B, 5A, 6 A–B, 7 A–B, 8; 
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— 
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: 26 (
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nec 
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, 
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nec 
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. 
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<bibRefCitation id="F36A4B7AC361FFEA977FFA39FB3DFA48" author="Kraepelin" box="[1092,1254,1483,1505]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" refString="Kraepelin, K. (1903) Revision der Scolopendriden. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg, 20, 1 - 276." type="journal article" year="1903">Kraepelin 1903</bibRefCitation>
, 
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nec 
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. 
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, 
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nec 
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. 
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<bibRefCitation id="F36A4B7AC361FFEA9117FA18FD6AFA56" author="Attems" box="[556,689,1513,1535]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" refString="Attems, C. G. (1930) Myriapoda 2. Scolopendromorpha. Das Tierreich, 54, 1 - 308." type="journal article" year="1930">Attems 1930</bibRefCitation>
, 
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nec 
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. 
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, 
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nec 
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. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C361FFEA9703FA1BFB43FA56" box="[1080,1176,1513,1535]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="4">alternans</emphasis>
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locality.
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The original 
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locality should be: 
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: Florida, Ft. Jefferson, Garden Key, Dry 
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, received by Wood from Dr. D.D. Whitehouse, measuring 
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; however, the 
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cannot be found at the 
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despite the fact that Wood states all of the listed specimens belonged to the Smithsonian Institution. After reading Roth’s (1959) biographical memoir on Wood it was discovered that while Wood’s original manuscript of 
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The Myriapoda of North 
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was waiting for publication it was destroyed by a fire on 
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at the Smithsonian. Unfortunately, it is highly likely that the 
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. 
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was also destroyed during this fire. 
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far as can be ascertained, no original 
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Unknown sex from Florida, Monroe Co., Sugar Loaf Key, 
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S. of junction 
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RTE 1 and FLA 939 (at sugar loaf channel, on NE end of island) on FLA 939, 24°37ʹ28.3ʺN 81°31ʹ06.6ʺW, 
<date id="E345104BC361FFEA9278F882FE28F821" box="[323,499,1904,1929]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" value="1977-03-15">15 March 1977</date>
, 1400 hrs., sunny, 86°F, S. Blair Hedges, col., Under moist cardboard lying on the ground in the shade of a mangrove tree on the Atlantic side of Rte. 939 (1, 
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), measures 
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. At some point a topotype should be obtained and genetically compared to a specimen from this 
<typeStatus id="48408829C361FFEA974EF84BFB15F878" box="[1141,1230,1977,2001]" pageId="3" pageNumber="4" type="neotype">neotype</typeStatus>
location to assure that this topotype specimen is not a subspecies.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C366FFED93ACFACEFECBFAF8" bold="true" box="[151,272,1340,1362]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">FIGURE 2</emphasis>
. Ultimate prefemora, dorsal 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C366FFED917BFACEFD89FAF8" bold="true" box="[576,594,1340,1361]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">A</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C366FFED9158FACEFC99FAFB" box="[611,834,1340,1362]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C366FFED9158FACEFC99FAFB" box="[611,834,1340,1362]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Scolopendra longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Florida 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C366FFED909FFACEFC6EFAF8" bold="true" box="[932,949,1340,1361]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">B</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C366FFED90FEFACEFB76FAFB" box="[965,1197,1340,1362]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alternans">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C366FFED90FEFACEFB76FAFB" box="[965,1197,1340,1362]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Scolopendra alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Haiti 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C366FFED97C1FACEFAD7FAFB" bold="true" box="[1274,1292,1340,1362]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">C</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C366FFED9627FACEFF2CFAD9" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alternans">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C366FFED9627FACEFF2CFAD9" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Scolopendra alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Puerto Rico; Ultimate prefemora, ventral 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C366FFED91FFFAA9FD0DFAD9" bold="true" box="[708,726,1371,1392]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">D</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C366FFED91DCFAA8FC13FAD9" box="[743,968,1370,1392]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C366FFED91DCFAA8FC13FAD9" box="[743,968,1370,1392]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Scolopendra longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Florida 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C366FFED9716FAA9FBE5FAD9" bold="true" box="[1069,1086,1371,1392]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">E</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C366FFED9774FAA8FAE2FAD9" box="[1103,1337,1370,1392]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alternans">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C366FFED9774FAA8FAE2FAD9" box="[1103,1337,1370,1392]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Scolopendra alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Haiti 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C366FFED96B3FAA9FA4EFAD9" bold="true" box="[1416,1429,1371,1392]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">F</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C366FFED93ACFA8BFEA7FA26" box="[151,380,1401,1423]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alternans">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C366FFED93ACFA8BFEA7FA26" box="[151,380,1401,1423]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Scolopendra alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Puerto Rico (Scale bars = 2 mm).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C366FFED93FCFA44FE68FA66" bold="true" box="[199,435,1462,1487]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Material examined.</emphasis>
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Islands: N. Bimini, 
<date id="E345104BC366FFED903CFA44FC71FA66" box="[775,938,1462,1487]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1970-02-17">Feb. 17, 1970</date>
, V. Roth, (1, 
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); South Bimini, May, 1951, W.J. Gertsch &amp; M.A. Cazier, (2, 
<collectionCode id="F1EAAE4EC366FFED915BFA29FD60FA5A" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" box="[608,699,1499,1523]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">AMNH</collectionCode>
); South Bimini, May, 1951, Gertsch &amp; Cazier, (2, 
<collectionCode id="F1EAAE4EC366FFED963CFA29FAB9FA5A" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" box="[1287,1378,1499,1523]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">AMNH</collectionCode>
); So. Bimini, No. Shore, 
<date id="E345104BC366FFED9243FA0DFDDCF9BE" box="[376,519,1534,1559]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1952-01-01">Jan. 1, 1952</date>
, (1, 
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); west end of South Bimini 
<collectingCountry id="EFEC761BC366FFED90E0FA0CFBF9F9BE" box="[987,1058,1534,1559]" name="Iceland" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">Island</collectingCountry>
, under rotten palm log, 
<date id="E345104BC366FFED960CFA0DFF09F992" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1947-09-26">Sept. 26, 1947</date>
, James Oliver, (1, 
<collectionCode id="F1EAAE4EC366FFED929EF9D1FDDBF992" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" box="[421,512,1571,1595]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">AMNH</collectionCode>
); Bimini, 
<date id="E345104BC366FFED914BF9D1FD24F992" box="[624,767,1570,1595]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1947-10-06">Oct. 6, 1947</date>
, James Oliver, (1, 
<collectionCode id="F1EAAE4EC366FFED90EAF9D1FBF7F992" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" box="[977,1068,1571,1595]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">AMNH</collectionCode>
); Nassau, New Providence, 
<date id="E345104BC366FFED9652F9D1FF27F9F6" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1904-05-31">May 31, 1904</date>
, W.W. Wheeler (A3245, Cat. No. 1542), (1, 
<collectionCode id="F1EAAE4EC366FFED91D5F9B5FC92F9F6" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" box="[750,841,1607,1631]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">AMNH</collectionCode>
); Nassau, New Providence, West Bay, 
<date id="E345104BC366FFED97C2F9B5FA43F9F6" box="[1273,1432,1607,1631]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1904-05-29">May 29, 1904</date>
, W.W. Wheeler (A3246, Cat. No. 1541), (1, 
<collectionCode id="F1EAAE4EC366FFED91BBF999FD00F92A" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" box="[640,731,1643,1667]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">AMNH</collectionCode>
). Bimini, obtained from GHF in 1998 (1, RJM). 
<collectingCountry id="EFEC761BC366FFED97C6F999FAE2F92A" box="[1277,1337,1643,1667]" name="United States of America" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">USA</collectingCountry>
: Florida, Key Largo, 
<date id="E345104BC366FFED9227F97CFE63F90E" box="[284,440,1678,1703]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1906-02-25">Feb. 25, 1906</date>
, S.A. Binion (A3339, Cat. No. 1563), (1, 
<collectionCode id="F1EAAE4EC366FFED90B3F97DFC38F90E" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" box="[904,995,1679,1703]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">AMNH</collectionCode>
); Monroe Co., Boot Key, 
<date id="E345104BC366FFED963BF97CFA43F90E" box="[1280,1432,1678,1703]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1996-04-01">April 1, 1996</date>
, R. Lawson &amp; P.G. Frank (2, 
<collectionCode id="F1EAAE4EC366FFED92E6F941FDC3F962" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34700" box="[477,536,1715,1739]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15690" name="California Academy of Sciences" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">CAS</collectionCode>
); Miami, July, 1918 Mus. Exped., W.I. Charlesworth col., Rec’d from Dept. of Botany, 
<date id="E345104BC366FFED93CFF925FE48F946" box="[244,403,1750,1775]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1922-08-15">Aug. 15, 1922</date>
(3, 
<collectionCode id="F1EAAE4EC366FFED9284F925FDCEF946" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" box="[447,533,1751,1775]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34795" name="Field Museum of Natural History" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">FMNH</collectionCode>
); Monroe Co., Plantation Key, 
<quantity id="50039B6EC366FFED9054F925FC7EF946" box="[879,933,1750,1775]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.437376" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" unit="mi" value="4.0">4 mi</quantity>
. S. of Tavernier, 
<date id="E345104BC366FFED975AF925FB3AF946" box="[1121,1249,1750,1775]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1963-03-11">11.III.1963</date>
, H.L. Levi, edge hardwood forest, (1, 
<collectionCode id="F1EAAE4EC366FFED92B8F909FE1EF8BA" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" box="[387,453,1787,1811]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">MCZ</collectionCode>
); Monroe Co., Little Torch Key: L9/ 
<date id="E345104BC366FFED905DF908FC66F8BA" box="[870,957,1786,1811]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="2015-01-28">15, 28.i.</date>
79, Coll. J. Lazell (1, 
<collectionCode id="F1EAAE4EC366FFED978CF909FB22F8BA" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" box="[1207,1273,1787,1811]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">MCZ</collectionCode>
); Monroe Co.; No Name Key; 
<quantity id="50039B6EC366FFED9272F8EDFE6BF89E" box="[329,432,1822,1847]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7702784" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" unit="mi" value="1.1">1.1 miles</quantity>
E., 
<quantity id="50039B6EC366FFED92E5F8ECFD88F89E" box="[478,595,1822,1847]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.02336" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" unit="mi" value="0.25">0.25 miles</quantity>
S. Bogie Channel Bridge, 
<date id="E345104BC366FFED90B9F8ECFBD6F89E" box="[898,1037,1822,1847]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1978-01-16">16 Jan 1978</date>
, 0 930 hrs., ca. 57°F, under trash, S. Blair Hedges (1, 
<collectionCode id="F1EAAE4EC366FFED926DF8B1FE77F8F2" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[342,428,1859,1883]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">USNM</collectionCode>
); Monroe Co., No Name Key, 
<quantity id="50039B6EC366FFED9039F8B0FCB2F8F2" box="[770,873,1858,1883]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.414016" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" unit="mi" value="1.5">1.5 miles</quantity>
E. Bogie Channel Bridge, 
<date id="E345104BC366FFED97A3F8B0FAF9F8F2" box="[1176,1314,1858,1883]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1978-01-16">16 Jan 1978</date>
, 1000 hrs., ca. 60°F, under cardboard, S. Blair Hedges (1, 
<collectionCode id="F1EAAE4EC366FFED91A5F895FD2FF8D6" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[670,756,1895,1919]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">USNM</collectionCode>
); Monroe Co.; Largo Key, ca. 
<quantity id="50039B6EC366FFED977EF894FB77F8D6" box="[1093,1196,1894,1919]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.01388672" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" unit="mi" value="6.3">6.3 miles</quantity>
NNE Key Largo (
<quantity id="50039B6EC366FFED9643F894FF0FF80A" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.02336" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" unit="mi" value="2.5">2.5 miles</quantity>
N. jct. RTE 1 on FLA. 905) 
<date id="E345104BC366FFED911EF879FD3EF80A" box="[549,741,1931,1955]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1978-01-14">14 January 1978</date>
, 1730 hrs., ca. 62°F, under trash on east side of RTE 905, S. Blair Hedges (1, 
<collectionCode id="F1EAAE4EC366FFED9260F85DFE6AF86E" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[347,433,1967,1991]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">USNM</collectionCode>
); Chapman Field, 
<date id="E345104BC366FFED91B8F85DFD26F86E" box="[643,765,1967,1991]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1928-09">Sept. 1928</date>
(1, 
<collectionCode id="F1EAAE4EC366FFED9016F85DFC58F86E" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[813,899,1967,1991]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">USNM</collectionCode>
); Monroe Co., Sugar Loaf Key, 
<quantity id="50039B6EC366FFED97CFF85DFA86F86E" box="[1268,1373,1966,1991]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.3452288" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" unit="mi" value="2.7">2.7 miles</quantity>
S. of junction 
<collectingCountry id="EFEC761BC366FFED93C1F821FEF7F842" box="[250,300,2003,2027]" name="United States of America" pageId="4" pageNumber="5">U.S.</collectingCountry>
RTE 1 and FLA 939 (at sugar loaf channel, on NE end of island) on FLA 939, 
<date id="E345104BC366FFED9791F820FA83F842" box="[1194,1368,2002,2027]" pageId="4" pageNumber="5" value="1977-03-15">15 March 1977</date>
, 1400 hrs., sunny, 86°F, S. Blair Hedges, col., Under moist cardboard lying on the ground in the shade of a mangrove tree on the Atlantic side of Rte. 939 (1, 
<collectionCode id="F1EAAE4EC367FFEC9109FF4EFD53FF7D" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" box="[562,648,188,212]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">USNM</collectionCode>
); Florida, obtained from SI on 
<date id="E345104BC367FFEC90D5FF4EFB18FF7D" box="[1006,1219,188,213]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2012-11-06">November 6, 2012</date>
(2, RJM); Florida, obtained from SI on 
<date id="E345104BC367FFEC9245FF2DFD8BFF51" box="[382,592,223,248]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" value="2013-11-07">November 7, 2013</date>
(6, RJM).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DFE16500C367FFEF93FCFEF6FCDAFD9F" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" type="description">
<paragraph id="9744368BC367FFEC93FCFEF6FAC6FE7F" blockId="5.[151,1437,151,470]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C367FFEC93FCFEF6FEB6FEB4" bold="true" box="[199,365,260,285]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Redescription</emphasis>
. This redescription is based on live and preserved specimens observed, and is not drawn from a single specimen. Length up to 
<quantity id="50039B6EC367FFEC92C7FED5FD85FE96" box="[508,606,295,320]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.52" pageId="5" pageNumber="6" unit="mm" value="152.0">152 mm</quantity>
. 
<figureCitation id="0FC02A0EC367FFEC9150FED5FD13FEE9" box="[619,712,295,320]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="1.[151,250,850,872]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,375,826]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[151,1436,375,826]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURE 1. Live dorsal habitus A. Scolopendra longipes from Florida, measuring 105 mm contracted and 120 mm extended. B. Scolopendra alternans from Haiti, measuring 140 mm contracted and 160 mm extended." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/400076/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">Figure 1</figureCitation>
A illustrates the overall body shape and coloration in life. The cephalic plate, 1st tergite, forcipular segment and tergites 20–21 are burnt sienna. The burnt sienna color may continue further towards the middle of the trunk from 1st tergite and 20th tergite, but the midsection of the trunk generally appears lighter varying from russet to tawny. In recently preserved specimens (70–75% ethanol), the trunk tends to blend into a uniform tawny while the head and forcipular segment remain a burnt sienna.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C367FFEC93ACFA9EFED6FA28" bold="true" box="[151,269,1388,1410]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">FIGURE 3</emphasis>
. Sensillia trichodea from ultimate tergite of 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C367FFEC91F5FA9FFD01FA2B" box="[718,730,1389,1410]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C367FFEC91DCFA9EFCE6FA2B" box="[743,829,1388,1410]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Florida (Scale Bar = 50 µm).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9744368BC367FFEF93FCFA5CFCECFE59" blockId="5.[151,1437,1454,2017]" lastBlockId="6.[151,1437,151,2021]" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">
Antennal segments 16–18, with 17 being the most common. The first five antennal segments are glabrous with the remaining distal segments being hirsute. The cephalic plate is slightly longer than wide with a median ratio of 1.06 and a range of 1.01–1.09. The lateral margins of the head gently converge anteriorly, posterior edge rounded, paramedian sutures complete and diverging anteriorly, and sparsely punctate (~3–4/mm2) with punctation due to 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C367FFEC93ACF9CDFEB0F9F1" box="[151,363,1599,1624]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">sensillia trichodea</emphasis>
. These 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C367FFEC92F7F9CDFD7BF9F1" box="[460,672,1599,1624]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">sensillia trichodea</emphasis>
are very conspicuous over the entire body (
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). The three medial teeth of coxosternal tooth-plate are fused, with or without pronounced invagination between the second and third teeth (
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A–B). The forcipular tergite lacks an anterior transverse suture but has complete paramedian sutures and these continue through tergite 20. Excluding the questionably large specimens, the maximum tergite width was 
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, which occurred on the 10th tergite. The ultimate tergite lacks a medial longitudinal suture (
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A). Sternite 2 has incomplete paramedian sutures beginning anteriorly and appear to end approximately 1/ 3 the sternite length with very faint continuation, if any, posteriorly. Sternites 3–20 have complete paramedian sutures and appear more pronounced posteriorly. The posterior edge of the ultimate sternite is gently rounded to rounded with the latter seemingly more common in smaller specimens (
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A–B). Tarsus one of leg one with a dorsal anterior spur and legs 1–20 each with a ventrodistal spur. The eighteenth prefemur of left or right leg may rarely have a single spine on the distomedial process. The antepenultimate prefemur usually has two spines on the distomedial process; but sometimes only 
<date id="E345104BC367FFEC9145F83BFD13F848" box="[638,712,1993,2017]" pageId="5" pageNumber="6">1 may</date>
be present. The penultimate prefemur has 4–6 spines on the distomedial process and typically 1–2 spines on dorsomedial surface (
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A–B). The dorsomedial spines of the penultimate prefemur on younger specimens may vary slightly from what is seen in most specimens, such as two on left and none on right. Older specimens may show an additional spine on left or right, such as three on left and two on right. The ultimate prefemoral process typically has 6–8 spines with 7 being the most common. The maximum length to maximum width of the ultimate prefemur has a median ratio of 3.75, with a range of 3.65–3.95 (
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). The total spine count on the ventral, medial, and dorsal surfaces of the ultimate prefemur ranges from 28–37, excluding the distomedial process. The coxopleural pores are either uniformly minute with a smooth appearance, as in 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF925BFE63FEB5FE01" box="[352,366,401,424]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF9247FE62FE3EFE00" box="[380,485,400,425]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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C–D), to a mixture of small and minute pores giving a rough appearance (
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A–B). The lateral coxopleural spines are typically two, with three on occasion; and the third being closer to the coxopleural process, which typically has 7–10 spines.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9744368BC364FFEF93FCFE08FCDAFD9F" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2021]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF93FCFE08FDD2FDBA" bold="true" box="[199,521,506,531]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Geographical distribution.</emphasis>
From Dry 
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through Florida Keys and southern Florida including the counties of Monroe, Dade and Collier, to 
<collectingCountry id="EFEC761BC364FFEF9152FDEFFD27FD9F" box="[617,764,541,566]" name="Bahamas" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">the Bahamas</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DFE16500C364FFEF93FCFDB3FF26FDD4" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="9744368BC364FFEF93FCFDB3FF26FDD4" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2021]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF93FCFDB3FE95FDF3" bold="true" box="[199,334,577,602]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF9117FDB3FD50FDF3" box="[556,651,577,602]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
means long-foot and refers to the long, thin ultimate legs found in 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF96BCFDB0FA4EFDF0" box="[1415,1429,578,601]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF93ACFD97FF2DFDD7" box="[151,246,613,638]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DFE16500C364FFE093FCFD7AFB07FE5C" lastPageId="9" lastPageNumber="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="9744368BC364FFEF93FCFD7AFB8BFCDF" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2021]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF93FCFD7AFEE0FD08" bold="true" box="[199,315,648,673]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Remarks.</emphasis>
Evidently the description of 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF9191FD7BFD63FD09" box="[682,696,649,672]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF91F5FD7AFCF6FD08" box="[718,813,648,673]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by Wood has never been thoroughly reviewed by subsequent authors, because there is one difficult-to-see character he mentions that clearly differentiates 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF9619FD5FFAEBFD6D" box="[1314,1328,685,708]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF9606FD5EFA47FD6C" box="[1341,1436,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF93EFFD22FF39FD4E" box="[212,226,720,743]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF93CBFD3DFE81FD41" box="[240,346,719,744]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In Wood’s (1865) English description he clearly states, “…basal joint of penultimate pair armed with 5 spines on a terminal angular process and 1–2 others;” Wood’s “basal joint” actually refers to the penultimate prefemur. Therefore, the key differentiating characters here are the 1 or 2 other spines, because his language strongly suggests he was not indicating 1 or 2 additional spines on the prefemoral process but was actually referring to the spines found on the dorsomedial surface of the penultimate prefemur.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9744368BC364FFEF93FCFC72FED2F8FF" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2021]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
<bibRefCitation id="F36A4B7AC364FFEF93FCFC72FE8FFC30" author="Wood" box="[199,340,896,921]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" refString="Wood, H. C. (1862) On the Chilopoda of North America, with a catalogue of all the specimens in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia, Series 2, 5, 2 - 52." type="journal article" year="1862">Wood (1862</bibRefCitation>
, 
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) mentions three characters of 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF91DCFC73FCBAFC30" box="[743,865,896,921]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S. longipes</emphasis>
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that differ from Newport’s (1844, 1845) characters of 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF9382FC57FF1CFC15" box="[185,199,933,956]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF93E3FC56FE99FC14" box="[216,322,932,957]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Firstly, the process of the forcipular trochanteroprefemur (which Wood called the “mandibular tubercle” and Newport referred to as the “mandibular tooth.”) was claimed by Wood to be “…very large and having the lesser tubercle near to its base…” and Newport described the “…mandibles strong, with the tooth small, but armed with a minute tubercle near its apex…” The process of the trochanteroprefemur in 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF97F4FBFDFB06FB8F" box="[1231,1245,1039,1062]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF97D6FBFCFA97FB8E" box="[1261,1356,1038,1063]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF96BCFBFDFA4EFB8F" box="[1415,1429,1039,1062]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF93ACFBC0FEDAFBE2" box="[151,257,1074,1099]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appears very similar and when taking variability into account does not provide good characters to distinguish these two species. Secondly, Wood stated that the number of spines on the prefemur of the ultimate pair of legs was 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF92BFFB88FE49FB38" box="[388,402,1146,1169]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
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but 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF91A2FB88FD7CFB38" box="[665,679,1146,1169]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
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</taxonomicName>
. Specimens of 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF90F1FB88FC03FB38" box="[970,984,1146,1169]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF90DDFB8BFB94FB3B" box="[998,1103,1145,1170]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">alternans</emphasis>
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with anywhere near a total of 60 spines on the ultimate prefemur were not observed in this study. Newport was very clear in stating that 30–40 spines were on the dorsal and medial surfaces while 15–20 were on the ventral surface. The maximum number of spines seen on the dorsal and medial surfaces combined in 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF9002FB16FC9CFB52" box="[825,839,1252,1275]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF906DFB11FC1BFB55" box="[854,960,1251,1276]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is 
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addition to 17 on the ventral, but this is another character that is fraught with difficulty because it is frequently hard to determine if a spine should be labeled as dorsal/medial or medial/ventral. Perhaps a standardized method of describing the positions of the ultimate prefemur spines can be derived, but at the moment a foolproof way of assessing these spines in the 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF96BCFABCFA4EFACC" box="[1415,1429,1358,1381]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF93ACFA83FEDAFA23" box="[151,257,1393,1418]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
-complex is elusive. Newport said the locality for his specimens of 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF90C8FA80FBA3FA23" box="[1011,1144,1393,1418]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S. alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was “Caribbean Islands,” which is highly indefinite, but this difference in spines on the ultimate prefemur suggests he may not have been looking at a specimen from Florida, 
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, 
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or 
<collectingCountry id="EFEC761BC364FFEF91C5FA4BFC51FA78" box="[766,906,1464,1489]" name="Puerto Rico" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Puerto Rico</collectingCountry>
. Therefore, the 40–60 spines on the ultimate prefemur of 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF9212FA2EFEECFA5A" box="[297,311,1500,1523]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF9273FA29FE69FA5D" box="[328,434,1499,1524]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as opposed to the 
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<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C364FFEF903AFA2EFCA4FA5D" box="[769,895,1499,1524]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF903AFA2EFCD4FA5A" box="[769,783,1500,1523]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF901BFA29FCA4FA5D" box="[800,895,1499,1524]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
cannot be corroborated as a good character to separate these species. Finally, referring to the ultimate coxopleuron of 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C364FFEF9085F9F2FB51F9B1" authority="Wood" authorityName="Wood" box="[958,1162,1535,1560]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF9085F9F2FC17F9BE" box="[958,972,1536,1559]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF90E0FA0DFBE1F9B1" box="[987,1082,1535,1560]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">longipes</emphasis>
, Wood
</taxonomicName>
mentions the roughness of the “lateral anal appendages”. He was surely referring to the ultimate coxopleura of 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C364FFEF975FF9D1FB39F992" box="[1124,1250,1570,1595]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF975FF9D1FBA9F993" box="[1124,1138,1571,1594]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF97BAF9D0FB39F992" box="[1153,1250,1570,1595]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which can have an evenly distributed pattern of variably sized, small to minute coxal pores (
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A, B) giving a rougher look than those of 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C364FFEF9215F998FE6DF92B" box="[302,438,1641,1666]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alternans">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF9215F998FEE7F928" box="[302,316,1642,1665]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF9271F99BFE6DF92B" box="[330,438,1641,1666]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with uniformly sized minute coxal pores, evenly distributed, and a smoother appearance (
<figureCitation id="0FC02A0EC364FFEF93A5F97FFF24F90F" box="[158,255,1677,1702]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1971,1993]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,695,1949]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,695,1949]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 6. Ultimate pedal segment, ventral A. Scolopendra longipes, Florida B. Scolopendra longipes, Bimini C. Scolopendra alternans, Haiti D. Scolopendra alternans, Puerto Rico (Scale bars = 2 mm)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/400081/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Figure 6</figureCitation>
C, D). It should be noted that specimens of 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C364FFEF91D3F97FFCB8F90F" box="[744,867,1677,1702]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF91D3F97FFD2DF90D" box="[744,758,1677,1700]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF903FF97FFCB8F90F" box="[772,867,1677,1702]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from various Florida Keys have uniformly minute pores giving a rather smooth appearance, similar to what would be considered 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C364FFEF972BF943FB4DF960" box="[1040,1174,1712,1737]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alternans">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF972BF943FBC5F961" box="[1040,1054,1713,1736]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF9717F942FB4DF960" box="[1068,1174,1712,1737]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This coxopleural pore variability, along with other variable characters and extended periods of isolation on relatively small islands, suggests that 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C364FFEF9214F90AFE70F8B9" box="[303,427,1783,1808]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF9214F90AFEE6F8A6" box="[303,317,1784,1807]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF9277F905FE70F8B9" box="[332,427,1783,1808]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may also actually be composed of subspecies. Incidentally, the diameter and surface area density of these coxopleural pores may be useful distinguishing characters, as well as that of the 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF9605F8E9FED9F8FE" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">sensillia trichodea</emphasis>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9744368BC364FFEF93FCF893FE62F84C" blockId="6.[151,1437,151,2021]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">
The range in length of the five specimens of 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C364FFEF91E9F890FC8BF8D3" box="[722,848,1889,1914]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF91E9F890FD3BF8D0" box="[722,736,1890,1913]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF91CAF893FC8BF8D3" box="[753,848,1889,1914]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that 
<bibRefCitation id="F36A4B7AC364FFEF90B7F893FBF8F8D3" author="Wood" box="[908,1059,1889,1914]" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" refString="Wood, H. C. (1862) On the Chilopoda of North America, with a catalogue of all the specimens in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia, Series 2, 5, 2 - 52." type="journal article" year="1862">Wood (1862)</bibRefCitation>
reported was 
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. In living specimens of 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF9242F874FE5CF834" box="[377,391,1926,1949]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C364FFEF92AFF877FE2DF837" box="[404,502,1925,1950]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the maximum adult length and weight ranges observed in this study were 
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and 
<quantity id="50039B6EC364FFEF93C2F85AFEB9F868" box="[249,354,1960,1985]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="kg" metricValue="5.85" metricValueMax="6.4" metricValueMin="5.3" pageId="6" pageNumber="7" unit="g" value="5.85" valueMax="6.4" valueMin="5.3">5.3–6.4 g</quantity>
respectively. The longest specimen was from Chapman Field, Miami, which was about 
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but was poorly preserved.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9744368BC365FFEE93ACF8D0FE64F81B" blockId="7.[151,1436,1826,1970]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE93ACF8D0FED6F89E" bold="true" box="[151,269,1826,1848]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">FIGURE 4</emphasis>
. Coxosternal tooth-plate, ventral 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE915FF8D0FDADF89E" bold="true" box="[612,630,1826,1847]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">A</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C365FFEE91BFF8D1FD2FF891" box="[644,756,1826,1848]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE91BFF8D1FD4BF891" box="[644,656,1827,1848]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE91A5F8D0FD2FF891" box="[670,756,1826,1848]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Florida, RJM Collection 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE973AF8D0FBC9F89E" bold="true" box="[1025,1042,1826,1847]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C365FFEE971BF8D1FB4BF891" box="[1056,1168,1826,1848]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE971BF8D1FBF6F891" box="[1056,1069,1827,1848]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE9701F8D0FB4BF891" box="[1082,1168,1826,1848]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Florida, Sugar Loaf Key, USNM, Neotype 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE9274F8B3FEBAF8FE" bold="true" box="[335,353,1857,1879]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">C</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C365FFEE9249F8B0FE3EF8FE" box="[370,485,1857,1879]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubensis">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE9249F8B0FEA5F8FE" box="[370,382,1858,1879]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE92B5F8B3FE3EF8FE" box="[398,485,1857,1879]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">cubensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Cuba, Matanzas, USNM 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE91C5F8B3FCCBF8FF" bold="true" box="[766,784,1857,1878]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">D</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C365FFEE901AF8B0FC4FF8FE" box="[801,916,1857,1879]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cubensis">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE901AF8B0FCF5F8FE" box="[801,814,1858,1879]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE9006F8B3FC4FF8FE" box="[829,916,1857,1879]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">cubensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Cuba, El Guama, USNM 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE978DF8B3FB1CF8FF" bold="true" box="[1206,1223,1857,1878]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">E</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C365FFEE97ECF8B0FA88F8FE" box="[1239,1363,1857,1879]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alternans">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE97ECF8B0FB38F8FE" box="[1239,1251,1858,1879]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE97C8F8B3FA88F8FE" box="[1267,1363,1857,1879]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Haiti, Planisance, USNM 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE925BF8ADFEB6F8DD" bold="true" box="[352,365,1887,1908]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">F</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C365FFEE9241F892FE2FF8DC" box="[378,500,1887,1909]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alternans">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE9241F892FE5DF8DC" box="[378,390,1888,1909]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE92AFF8ADFE2FF8DC" box="[404,500,1887,1909]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Haiti, Trou Caiman, USNM 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE9018F8ADFCEFF8DC" bold="true" box="[803,820,1887,1909]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">G</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C365FFEE907BF892FC61F8DC" box="[832,954,1887,1909]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alternans">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE907BF892FC96F8DC" box="[832,845,1888,1909]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE9061F8ADFC61F8DC" box="[858,954,1887,1909]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, USNM 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE93ACF88CFF70F83A" bold="true" box="[151,171,1918,1939]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">H</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C365FFEE9381F88DFEEEF83D" box="[186,309,1918,1940]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alternans">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE9381F88DFF1DF83D" box="[186,198,1919,1940]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE93EDF88CFEEEF83D" box="[214,309,1918,1940]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Puerto Rico, RJM Collection 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE9147F88CFD5DF83A" bold="true" box="[636,646,1918,1939]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">I</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C365FFEE91AEF88DFCC9F83D" box="[661,786,1918,1940]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alternans">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE91AEF88DFD79F83D" box="[661,674,1919,1940]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE9189F88CFCC9F83D" box="[690,786,1918,1940]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Puerto Rico, Mayaqüez, FMNH 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE974DF88CFB58F83A" bold="true" box="[1142,1155,1918,1939]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">J</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C365FFEE97A9F88DFAD6F83D" box="[1170,1293,1918,1940]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alternans">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE97A9F88DFB45F83D" box="[1170,1182,1919,1940]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">S</emphasis>
. 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C365FFEE9795F88CFAD6F83D" box="[1198,1293,1918,1940]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Saba Island, FMNH (Scale Bars = 1 mm).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="9744368BC36AFFE193ACFDA3FD94FD2C" blockId="8.[151,1436,593,645]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36AFFE193ACFDA3FEC9FDCF" bold="true" box="[151,274,593,615]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">FIGURE 5</emphasis>
. Ultimate tergites, dorsal 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36AFFE19116FDA3FDE4FDCF" bold="true" box="[557,575,593,614]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C36AFFE1916AFDA3FCE9FDCE" box="[593,818,593,615]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36AFFE1916AFDA3FCE9FDCE" box="[593,818,593,615]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Scolopendra longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Florida 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36AFFE190A2FDA3FC71FDCF" bold="true" box="[921,938,593,614]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C36AFFE19087FDA3FB7CFDCE" box="[956,1191,593,615]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alternans">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36AFFE19087FDA3FB7CFDCE" box="[956,1191,593,615]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Scolopendra alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Haiti 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36AFFE197C3FDA3FAD1FDCE" bold="true" box="[1272,1290,593,615]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">C</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C36AFFE19627FDA3FF2CFD2C" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alternans">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36AFFE19627FDA3FF2CFD2C" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Scolopendra alternans</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, Puerto Rico (Scale bars = 2 mm)
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="9744368BC36AFFE193ACF841FBFCF841" blockId="8.[151,1435,1971,2024]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36AFFE193ACF841FECEF861" bold="true" box="[151,277,1971,1993]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">FIGURE 6</emphasis>
. Ultimate pedal segment, ventral 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36AFFE191AEF841FD7CF861" bold="true" box="[661,679,1971,1992]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">A</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C36AFFE19186F841FC79F860" box="[701,930,1971,1993]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipes">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36AFFE19186F841FC79F860" box="[701,930,1971,1993]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Scolopendra longipes</emphasis>
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, Florida 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36AFFE19735F841FBC4F861" bold="true" box="[1038,1055,1971,1992]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">B</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36AFFE1970FF841FAC2F860" box="[1076,1305,1971,1993]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Scolopendra longipes</emphasis>
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, Bimini 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36AFFE196B8F841FA4EF860" bold="true" box="[1411,1429,1971,1993]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">C</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C36AFFE193ACF820FEA7F841" box="[151,380,2002,2024]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alternans">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36AFFE193ACF820FEA7F841" box="[151,380,2002,2024]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Scolopendra alternans</emphasis>
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, Haiti 
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36AFFE192F9F820FE0FF84E" bold="true" box="[450,468,2002,2023]" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">D</emphasis>
. 
<taxonomicName id="50FB4D08C36AFFE192DAF820FD1CF841" box="[481,711,2002,2024]" class="Chilopoda" family="Scolopendridae" genus="Scolopendra" kingdom="Animalia" order="Scolopendromorpha" pageId="8" pageNumber="9" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alternans">
<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36AFFE192DAF820FD1CF841" box="[481,711,2002,2024]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Scolopendra alternans</emphasis>
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, Puerto Rico (Scale bars = 2 mm).
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During the course of this study, three of the live 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36BFFE091C8FF6AFCDAFF06" box="[755,769,152,175]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">S</emphasis>
. 
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laid eggs and brooded between 30–43 offspring. Although most of them were raised, some didn’t survive and were preserved. After examining four offspring from one female, only one specimen had a single faint spine on the right dorsomedial surface of the penultimate prefemur. This indicates that these spines are added with age, so they may not typically be present on specimens that are ≤ 
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long. Two of the juvenile specimens that were well preserved had an ultimate prefemur length to width ratio of 3.82, which was consistent with that of the adults. The Bimini 
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specimen is young and has 1 dorsomedial spine on each penultimate prefemur (
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B). The two smaller live specimens of 
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. 
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from Florida (~ 
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), which are a little larger than the Bimini specimen (~ 
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), also have one dorsomedial spine on both penultimate prefemurs. Based on the material examined in this study, the addition of the second dorsomedial spine (distal) on each penultimate prefemur of 
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<emphasis id="A58FEA99C36BFFE0900EFE2FFC98FE5D" box="[821,835,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">S</emphasis>
. 
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appears to occur with age.
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