TERMS OF USE This pdf is provided by Magnolia Press for private/research use. Commercial sale or deposition in a public library or website is prohibited. Zootaxa 3722 (2): 219–244 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) www.mapress.com/zootaxa/ Article ZOOTAXA Copyright © 2013 Magnolia Press ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3722.2.6 http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8C03AA9D-C651-4A02-A17C-0799E872A7B8 An annotated checklist of centipedes (Chilopoda) of Vietnam BINH T.T. TRAN1, SON X. LE2 & ANH D. NGUYEN3,4 1Faculty of Biology, Hanoi University of Education, 136, Xuanthuy Str., Caugiay, Hanoi, Vietnam. E-mail:
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[email protected] 4Corresponding author Abstract The centipede fauna of Vietnam is reviewed from the literature. A total of 71 species in 26 genera, 13 families in four orders, Scolopendromorpha, Geophilomorpha, Lithobiomorpha and Scutigeromorpha, has been recorded from Vietnam. Four genera, Tonkinodentus, Alluropus, Anopsobiella and Megalacrus, are monotypic; and twenty-two species and sub- species are known only from Vietnam. Distribution data for each species is provided here to promote further studies on the centipede fauna of Vietnam. Key words: checklist, centipedes, Chilopoda, Vietnam Introduction Located in the tropics of Southeast Asia, Vietnam is considered as a part of the Indo-Burmese biodiversity center (Sterling et al., 2006).