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USA Giant Centipedes, by State, from R. Shelley's work

I am a big fan of giant centipedes and the native invert fauna of the United States of America. My combined interests are well fed by Rowland Shelley's excellent scolopendromorpha work, particularily in the area of native USA species. All of the information i digested was first gleaned from Shelley's website: http://www.naturalsciences.org/research/inverts/centipedes/index.html though i now possess his book A synopsis of the North American centipedes of the order Scolopendromorpha (Chilopoda). Virginia Museum of Natural History Memoir and will be continually updating stuf on my site with the impoved information available to me.

The list is organized alphabetically by state abbreviation. The first column is the state name. The second column is the number of species collected from that state. The third column is the number of species that are close to the state in question and might, semi-reasonably, be found near the borders one day.

There are 21 indigenous and 6 introduced species known to the United States of America

States of interest
Only Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont are completely lacking in any records or specimens collected in their borders. New Hampshire and Vermont have several species that range somewhat close to their borders with one species tantalizingly close to Vermont... but Maine is just plain out of luck.

Texas has the most species present, with 11. Florida holds the second rank spot with 9 known species. Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and South Carolina are all tied for third, with 8 known species.

the list can be found.... http://www.geocities.com/blight_child/centis/states/index.html