any idea, what's this?

[Peter Grabowitz]

 

[Elytra and Antenna]

Hi Peter, been a long time.
Is that from South America or the West Indies?
Orin

 

[Steven]

judging on the ringfurrow on the 1st tergite and the triangular shape of the spiracles i don't think this one is from the West Indies,...
rather a South American Scolopendra spec.

Peru i assume ?

 

[Drachenjager]

im no expert but id say tis a centipede...

 

[Greg Pelka]

Mayby some more info, Country, bodylenght, some better pics could be nice.

Greg

 

[syiware]

E.t. "bluering leg(tiger leg)?"

sorry to say this though i'm not an expert.

in my eye sight.. it looks little like my Ethmostigmus trigonopodus "tanzanian bluering leg(tiger leg)."

just my guess.. i'm not sure.

click the following url please..

http://www.arachnoboards.com/ab/showthread.php?t=95236

 

[MaueR]

Me too looks like Ethmostigmus species.

 

[Greg Pelka]

No, it couldn't be a Ethmostigmus spec. because as Steven wrote occurrence of ringfurrow on the 1st tergite and the triangular shape of the spiracles.

Greg

 

[Androctonus_bic]

Maybe S. galapagoensis... just my suggest.

Cheers
Carles

 

[Steven]

Peter,
if you read this free article on Milipedes and Centipedes from Northeastern Peru by Chamberlin (Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 78, article 7)
which you can find here

you can check if all the keys match,
as far as i can see all the anatomical features visible on the 2 pictures above match
Scolopendra hermosa (Chamberlin, 1941).

 

[bistrobob85]

Good stuff . Please check and confirm the ID... once you did, post us some more nice pics with comments on what you've learned on the specie!!!!

phil.

 

[Black Widow88]

Yeah please do! Loving the centipede!

Black Widow88

 

[Peter Grabowitz]

Hi Peter, been a long time.
Is that from South America or the West Indies?
Orin

hi Orin, yes ... a long time... about 10 years I think...
They come from Peru, I got two specimens only (this sems to be pregnant...)

Peter,
if you read this free article on Milipedes and Centipedes from Northeastern Peru by Chamberlin (Bulletin of the AMNH ; v. 78, article 7)
which you can find here

you can check if all the keys match,
as far as i can see all the anatomical features visible on the 2 pictures above matchScolopendra hermosa (Chamberlin, 1941).

hello Steven,
this like I mean....
BTW, are you going to the LIMBEURS next week?

 

[Androctonus_bic]

S. hermosa ( in spanish, Scolopendra "really prety") :? Never listen this name.

Glad for the new info.

Cheers
Carles

 

[Black Widow88]

I never knew that scolopendra was Spanish! I thought it was Latin like most scientific names of insects and their kin!

Black Widow88

 

[Steven]

BTW, are you going to the LIMBEURS next week?

no, not this time, other plans that weekend

 

[syiware]

year, absolutely you are right. all scientific names are written in latin.

maybe there is a same word(hermosa) in spanish, i guess.

I never knew that scolopendra was Spanish! I thought it was Latin like most scientific names of insects and their kin!

Black Widow88

 

[Pulk]

I never knew that scolopendra was Spanish! I thought it was Latin like most scientific names of insects and their kin!

Black Widow88

Just "hermosa" is Spanish. "Scolopendra" is still Latin or pseudo-Latin.

 

[Black Widow88]

Oh! You got me thinking some weird things for a moment!

Black Widow88

 

[bistrobob85]

They come from Peru, I got two specimens only (this sems to be pregnant...)

Ok, well count me in if it has eggs !!!! Good luck with it.

phil.