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Scolopendra morsitans I.iiiiiacif^ 



Mostly attaining a IcUfjtli not aliovc ;(u inm. ; rarely IDO or I ■,'() iniii. I.riniin 

 yi-liow to reddish yellow, with or without jfreeii eaiidal borders to the dorsal 

 I)lates; more rarely olive green to dark grei-n with the head and last segment 

 then mostly yellowish brown. Prosternal teeth four to four, four to five. Legs oni- 

 to twenty with tarsal spine, leg twenty-one mostly without such. I'seudopleural 

 process ending mostly in four points or spines, conunonly a single s|)ine on caudal 

 margin ectad of process. Prefenuir of anal legs ventrally with three rows of 

 three spines each, niesally without spines, but dorsally with four to si.\ spiiu-s in 

 two rows; apical process bearing four spines (rarely five to eight). 



Cosmopolitan in warm and temperate regions. In tin- I'liited .St;ites known 

 from Georgia, Florida, Kansas, Utah, and California. 



