Naming
Originally described from "Tranquebariae" as Scolopendra longicornis Fabricius, 1793.Later described again and again as new species from many locations. Some currently known synonyms are:
Thereuonema amokiana Verhoeff,1904
Scutigera birmanica Pocock,1891
Scutigera castanea Meinert,1886
Thereuopoda cerberina Verhoeff, 1943
Thereuopoda decipiens Verhoeff, 1905
Cermatia downesii Newport,1845
Scutigera feae Pocock,1891
Thereuopoda flagellifera Verhoeff, 1905
Thereuopoda haasei Verhoeff, 1937
Cermatia hardwickei Newport,1845
Thereuopoda multidentata Verhoeff, 1905
Thereuopoda nana Verhoeff, 1905
Thereuopoda nivicomes Verhoeff, 1942
Cermatia nobilis Templeton,1843
Thereuonema reconditum Silvestri,1925
Scutigera serratipes Gervais,1847
Thereuopoda singaporiensis Verhoeff, 1937
Scutigera templetoni Humbert,1865
Thereuopoda tweedii Verhoeff, 1937
Thereuopoda venator Verhoeff, 1925
Thereuopoda viridescens Verhoeff, 1937
Thereuopoda decipiens cavernicola Verhoeff, 1937
Thereuonema nobilis dolichopoda (Silvestri,1925)
Thereuopoda decipiens genuina Verhoeff, 1937
Thereuopoda flagellifera meggittii Verhoeff, 1937
Thereuopoda flagellifera rangoonensis Verhoeff, 1939
Distribution
Widespread in the Indo-Australian region.References:
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Fabricius J.C. (1793) Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus, vol.2: 519pp. Hafniae.Würmli M. (1979) Taxonomic problems in the genus Thereuopoda (Chilopoda Scutigeromorpha: Scutigeridae): the role of postmaturational moultings. - In: Camatini M. (ed.), Myriapod biology, pp.39-48. London: Academy Press.
Stoev, Pavel; Geoffroy, Jean-Jacques (2004) An annotated catalogue of the scutigeromorph centipedes in the
collection of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha) - Zootaxa, vol.635, pp.1-12.
