Scolopendridae
Scolopendridae, from Ancient Greek σκόλοψ, meaning "thorn", and ἔντερον, meaning "earthworm", is a family of large centipedes.
Description
Nearly all species in this family have four ocelli on each side of the head and only 21 pairs of legs, but there are exceptions: two scolopendrid species feature more legs, and some scolopendrid species are eyeless and blind. Three Asian members of this family, Scolopendra cataracta, Scolopendra paradoxa, and Scolopendra alcyona, are known to show amphibious behaviour. Two other species, Scolopendra hardwickei and Hemiscolopendra marginata, are known to show sexual dimorphism in the composition of their venom.Genera
Subfamily Otostigminae (Kraepelin, 1903)
Tribe Otostigmini (Kraeplin, 1903)
Alipes Imhoff, 1854 Alluropus Silvestri, 1911Digitipes Attems, 1930Edentistoma Tömösváry,1882Ethmostigmus Pocock, 1898Otostigmus Porat, 1876Rhysida Wood, 1862Tribe Sterropristini (Verhoeff, 1937)
Sterropristes Attems, 1934Subfamily Scolopendrinae (Leach, 1814)
Arthrorhabdus Pocock, 1891 Asanada Meinert, 1885 Asanadopsis Würmli, 1972Campylostigmus Ribaut, 1923Notiasemus Koch, 1985 Procrytops Piton, 1940Psiloscolopendra Kraepelin, 1903Rhoda Meinert, 1886 Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758Scolopendropsis Brandt, 1841 Tonkinodentus Schileyko, 1992The earliest record of this family is †Cratoraricrus, an extinct genus from the Early Cretaceous of the Crato Formation of Brazil.