Checklist of the centipedes (Chilopoda) of Hispaniola

Abstract

Ten years have passed since the last checklist of Hispaniolan Chilopoda was done and the last bibliographic compendium was published. In this work we expand the former list of species and bibliography, update the taxonomic classification and provide an assessment on Chilobase records. A new intensive literature review was performed and both recent and formerly overlooked myriapodological works were included. The treatment of supraspecific taxonomic ranks was updated and follows Chilobase 2.0. This catalogue lists 4 fossil taxa as well as 24 extant species of centipedes from Hispaniola, 9 of which are endemic. For each extant species considered, there is information on Hispaniolan synonymies and geographic distribution. Included are some clarifications on synonymies and locality problems, and species with uncertain taxonomic status are indicated. Chilobase 2.0 was tested for completeness and accuracy. We propose several updates, grouped by incorrect species records, records not backed by known literature and species not under their currently accepted synonym. We also recommend chilopodologists to maintain active collaboration and send their updates to this useful database.

The correct authorship of Arthropoda—A reappraisal

“…Until now, those inconsistencies had been restricted to the publication year. For example, Myriapoda Latreille is often given with the year 1802 in most databases except for Myriatrix ( The Fellegship of the Rings 2020 onwards), while the year of other names such as Geophilomorpha Pocock, 1896 and Pauropoda Lubbock, 1868 has already been corrected in print (see Martínez-Muñoz & Perez-Gelabert 2018: 77 and Martínez-Muñoz & Bu : 599, respectively). In this paper, I revise both the accepted author and year for a scientific name in everyday use: the speciose phylum Arthropoda, comprising organisms as diverse as myriapods, chelicerates, and crustaceans (including insects).…”