Scolopendra ID pleas !!!

[pezzonovante]

My friend has a Scolopendra sp. from FRENCH GUIANA....I´d like to know (his like to know) what kind of species is this ???

http://www.zone.ee/pezzo/Picture 153.jpg?2

http://www.zone.ee/pezzo/Picture 158.jpg?2

http://www.zone.ee/pezzo/Picture 159.jpg?2

http://www.zone.ee/pezzo/Picture 160.jpg?2

 

[SebastianH]

Hi,

looks like S. viridicornis to me.

All the way, a real beauty :worship:

Greetings,
Sebastian

 

[Steven]

WOW !!!

that's really an impressive pede !
very very nice !!! :worship: :worship: :worship:

 

[danread]

Steven, do you think that is a Scolopendrid? Looking at the structure and position of the maxillipeds, it could be a cormocephalus. What do you think?

Cheers,

P.S. Either way, there is no denying thats a very nice pede, and one i have never seen before.

 

[Steven]

Steven, do you think that is a Scolopendrid? Looking at the structure and position of the maxillipeds, it could be a cormocephalus. What do you think?

Cheers,

P.S. Either way, there is no denying thats a very nice pede, and one i have never seen before.

1 key to Cormocephalus is that the Headplate is beneath the first Tergite,...
as i can see from the pictures the Headplate is above the first Tergite,... and it has a ringfurrow on Tergite 1,... i think Sebastian is getting close with his Sc.viridicornis,... but i'm not sure,... anyway a real beautifull colorform :}

i can see the confusion cause on 1 of the pictures it indeed looks like a cormo,... but i guess it's just the angle of which the pict is taken.

 

[CedrikG]

omg ... he's LOVELY, im sorry you will have to give it to me you got a very nice one there

 

[danread]

1 key to Cormocephalus is that the Headplate is beneath the first Tergite,...
as i can see from the pictures the Headplate is above the first Tergite,... and it has a ringfurrow on Tergite 1,... i think Sebastian is getting close with his Sc.viridicornis,... but i'm not sure,... anyway a real beautifull colorform :}

i can see the confusion cause on 1 of the pictures it indeed looks like a cormo,... but i guess it's just the angle of which the pict is taken.

Ok, thanks for clearing that up!

 

[Bob]

Steven probably has this species somewhere in his collection..............

This one has not been in the US since 1998 or so....even then very rare. :wall:


Bob

 

[pezzonovante]

Thanks guys !

 

[Steven]

Steven probably has this species somewhere in his collection..............

i wish i had Bob,.... i wish i had