Myriapoda: a review of their status in Essex
Necrophloeophagus flavus (De Geer)
A widespread and generally common species
which occurs in a wide range of habitats
including arabic, gardens, waste ground,
grassland as well as maritime and marsh sites
(Barber & Keay 1988). In Essex it is clearly
under-recorded and is likely to be found in
much of the county.
Brachygeophilus truncorum (Bergsoe & Meinert)
Nationally a common centipede most often
found in woodland, where it is commonly seen
in large numbers between the bark and wood
of decaying timber (Barber & Keay 1988). All
the mapped records have been made by S.J.
Gregory in North Essex in 1991, 1992 and
1994. There are also 1964-1988 10km records
shown in the 1988 provisional national atlas
for TM23, TL40, TQ49 and pre-1940 records
for TQ59 and TQ69, together with several East
Thames Corridor squares which probably
originate in Kent.
Order Scolopendromorpha
Family Cryptopsidae
Cryptops anomalans Newport
National Status Notable/Nb
A large impressive centipede capable of penetrating human skin with its poison claws, it occurs in
scattered, more-or-less urban localities in south-east England with a few records from the south-
west (Barber & Keay 1988). The only Essex records are of two specimens taken under cardboard
amongst general rubbish under trees at Saffron Walden by A.D. Barber on 3 August 1968 (Barber
1969), and from Woodford Rubbish Tip, made by Dr S. Hopkin on 29 June 1985, 22 September
1985 and 5 May 1986.
Essex Naturalist (New Series) 17 (2000)