Scolopocryptops melanostomus Newport, 1845 Type: locality. West Indies, Saint Vincent. Exemplars examined. Chiapas: 12/IV/1968, in bromeliad, 2 exs., (new state record). Estado de México: Nanchititla National Park, 16/XII/2001, pine-oak forest, colls. O. Francke, E. González, 3 exs., (new state record). Veracruz: Cerro El Vigía, 18/II/1967, in bromeliad Vriesa gladioliflora, 1 ex.; Estación de Biología Los Tuxtlas, 16/XI/1968, 13/VIII/1969, and 10/I/1975, in bromeliad Aechmea bracteata, coll. C. R.B., 4 exs., (new state record). Geographical distribution. Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Fiji, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, México, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines, and Venezuela (Attems 1930, Chagas 2003, Minelli 2006). Distribution in México. Chiapas, Estado de México, and Veracruz.

Published as part of Cupul-Magaña, Fabio Germán, 2010, An annotated list of the centipedes (Chilopoda) in the National Collection of Arachnids, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, pp. 1-10 in Insecta Mundi 2010 (125) on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5164402