Retracing the history of a doubtful centipede record (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae) stored in the collection of the National Museum of the Czech Republic

Pages	41–51
DOI	10.37520/jnmpnhs.2024.004
Keywords	Chilopoda, Crete, Dobroruka, Greece, National Museum of the Czech Republic, Scolopendra cingulata
Type of Article	Peer-reviewed
Citation	SIMAIAKIS, Stylianos Michail, GEORGOPOULOU, Elisavet a DOLEJŠ, Petr. Retracing the history of a doubtful centipede record (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae) stored in the collection of the National Museum of the Czech Republic. Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series. Prague: National Museum, 2024, 193(1), 41–51. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/jnmpnhs.2024.004. ISSN 1802-6842 (print), 1802-6850 (electronic). Also available from: https://www.nm.cz/en/periodicals/jotnmpnhs/193-1/retracing-the-history-of-a-doubtful-centipede-record-chilopoda-scolopendridae-stored-in-the-collection-of-the-national-museum-of-the-czech-republic

Journal of the National Museum (Prague), Natural History Series | 2024/193/1

Natural history museums play a crucial role because their collections provide essential biological data for scientists, educators and the public. Greek centipedes in the natural history collection of the National Museum of the Czech Republic in Prague (NMPC) were mainly collected during expeditions before World War II. The specimen under revision, Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829, was collected by Otakar Štěpánek and Josef Mařan in Greece, and the record was published by Ludĕk J. Dobroruka in 1977. Originally, Dobroruka incorrectly reported the specimen as being from Crete, but through the review of scientific, historical and film records, we confirmed its correct locality in mainland Greece and excluded S. cingulata from the checklist of Crete.

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