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Scoterpes Cope, 1872
892551 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:892551)
accepted
Genus
Scoterpes copei (Packard, 1871) (type by original designation)
Scotherpes Latzel, 1884 · unaccepted (junior objective synonym)
- Species Scoterpes alabama Shear, 2010
- Species Scoterpes austrinus Loomis, 1943
- Species Scoterpes blountensis Shear, 2010
- Species Scoterpes copei (Packard, 1871)
- Species Scoterpes hesperus Shear, 2010
- Species Scoterpes jackdanieli Shear, 2010
- Species Scoterpes musicarustica Shear, 2010
- Species Scoterpes nudus Chamberlin, 1946
- Species Scoterpes sollmani Lewis, 2000
- Species Scoterpes stewartpecki Shear, 2010
- Species Scoterpes syntheticus (Shear, 1972)
- Species Scoterpes tombarri Shear, 2010
- Species Scoterpes tricorner Shear, 2010
- Species Scoterpes ventus Shear, 1972
- Species Scoterpes willreevesi Shear, 2010
- Species Scoterpes dendropus Loomis, 1939 accepted as Causeyella dendropus (Loomis, 1939)
masculine
Cope, E.D. (1872). On the Wyandotte Cave and its fauna. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 6: 406-422.
page(s): 414 [details]
page(s): 414 [details]
Sierwald, P.; Decker, P.; Spelda, J. (2025). MilliBase. Scoterpes Cope, 1872. Accessed at: https://www.millibase.org/aphia.php/1zqjqf%27%22()%7B%7D%3Cx%3E:1zqjqf;9/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=892551 on 2026-07-02
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original description
Cope, E.D. (1872). On the Wyandotte Cave and its fauna. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 6: 406-422.
page(s): 414 [details]
original description (of Scotherpes Latzel, 1884) Latzel, R. (1884). Die Myriopoden der Österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie. Zweite Hälfte. Die Symphylen, Pauropoden und Diplopoden. 1-414. Wien, available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c089915321&seq=7
page(s): 190 [details]
additional source Shear, W. A. (2003). The milliped family Trichopetalidae, part 1: Introduction and genera Trigenotyla Causey, Nannopetalum n. gen., and Causeyella n. gen. (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Cleidogonoidea). Zootaxa, 321: 1-36. Auckland, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.321.1.1 [details]
additional source Shear, William Albert. (2010). The milliped family Trichopetalidae, Part 2: The genera Trichopetalum, Zygonopus and Scoterpes (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida, Cleidogonoidea). Zootaxa, 2385: 1-62, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2385.1.1 [details]
page(s): 414 [details]
original description (of Scotherpes Latzel, 1884) Latzel, R. (1884). Die Myriopoden der Österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie. Zweite Hälfte. Die Symphylen, Pauropoden und Diplopoden. 1-414. Wien, available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c089915321&seq=7
page(s): 190 [details]
additional source Shear, W. A. (2003). The milliped family Trichopetalidae, part 1: Introduction and genera Trigenotyla Causey, Nannopetalum n. gen., and Causeyella n. gen. (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Cleidogonoidea). Zootaxa, 321: 1-36. Auckland, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.321.1.1 [details]
additional source Shear, William Albert. (2010). The milliped family Trichopetalidae, Part 2: The genera Trichopetalum, Zygonopus and Scoterpes (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida, Cleidogonoidea). Zootaxa, 2385: 1-62, available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2385.1.1 [details]
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