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BEYOND the bare fact of its occurrence, but little else seems to have been recorded concerning either the habits or distribution of this remarkable myriapod in India. During the last three years I have come across it on many occasions, and it proves to be very widely distributed in the United Provinces. It occurs from a few hundred feet above sea-level in the plains, at Allahabad, up to nearly 11,000 feet in the Himalayas, having thus a considerable vertical range. I have found it plentiful at Bhowali, among the Himalayan foot-hills of Kumaon, at 5700 feet, and at many other localities in the same district. It occurs at Dhakuri and Dhwali at an elevation of 9000 feet, and also at Phurkia at about 10,300 feet—about five miles below the Pindari glacier. In the neighbouring district of Garhwal I have met with it this year under stones between Badrinath and the village of Mana, situated at the entrance of the pass of the same name into Tibet. The elevation was approximately 10,800 feet, or possibly a little more. How many species are included within this area of distribution I am unable to say, as the Indian forms are at present being worked out by Prof. Silvestri.
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IMMS, A. The Habits and Distribution of Scutigera in India. Nature 84, 429 (1910). https://doi.org/10.1038/084429a0
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