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'''Scolopendra heros''' is a species of centipede found in North America.
==Distribution==
Southwestern US from Arizona to Louisiana and Mexico.
==Identification==
Cephalic plate with two partial, diverging, dorsal sutures; ultimate and penultimate articles of palps of 2nd maxillae with ventral ridges or lamellae ending in teeth (Figs. 27-28); ultimate tergite without mid ­ dorsal suture; central Kansas, southwest­ern Missouri, and Louisiana to the Mexican border and western Arizona (Shelley 2002)
==References==
Shelley, R. M. (2002). A synopsis of the North American centipedes of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda). Virginia Museum of Natural History.

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Scolopendra heros

Scolopendra heros

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Subclass: Notostigmophora
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Genus: Scolopendra
Species: S. heros
Binomial name

Scolopendra heros
Girard, 1853

Scolopendra heros is a species of centipede found in North America.

Distribution

Southwestern US from Arizona to Louisiana and Mexico.

Identification

Cephalic plate with two partial, diverging, dorsal sutures; ultimate and penultimate articles of palps of 2nd maxillae with ventral ridges or lamellae ending in teeth (Figs. 27-28); ultimate tergite without mid ­ dorsal suture; central Kansas, southwest­ern Missouri, and Louisiana to the Mexican border and western Arizona (Shelley 2002)

References

Shelley, R. M. (2002). A synopsis of the North American centipedes of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda). Virginia Museum of Natural History.