Soil Organisms (Apr 2018)

Catalogue of Chilean centipedes (Myriapoda, Chilopoda)

  • Emmanuel Vega-Román,
  • Víctor Hugo Ruiz

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 90, no. 1
pp. 27 – 37

Abstract

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A review of all literature, published between 1847 and 2016, provides a comprehensive inventory of research on Chilean Chilopoda. A total of 4 orders, 10 families, 28 genera and 70 species were recorded, highlighting the diversity of Chilopoda species in Chile. The geographical distribution and habitat preferences of all species are given with reference to the literature.

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