Talk:Scolopendra morsitans/GA1

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Reviewer: Esculenta (talk · contribs) 19:46, 22 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hello, I will take on this review. Should have comments up later this weekend. Esculenta (talk) 19:46, 22 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

Ok some initial comments to get started. Overall, the article looks pretty good! Esculenta (talk) 16:35, 26 July 2022 (UTC)Reply

• the lead has many citations, which is a bit unusual. Usually we only cite in the lead if the statements are contentious (likely to get tagged by others) or after direct quotes, neither of which applies here. All of the things mentioned in the lead should also be cited in the main body of the article, but I don't see mention of the common names, nor any discussion on similar-sounding common names in article text (this needs to be fixed)
• interested to know why it's the 'Tanzanian blue ringleg when there's no explanation of why it's associated with this country; for that matter, the word "blue" isn't used in the article either (except as part of the common name)
• "giant red-headed centipede", "Chinese red-headed centipede": our articles on these subjects give the common name without the hyphenation
• "Carl Linneaus" (fix spelling) then a paragraph later "Charles Linnaeus"
• things that should probably be linked: subspecies, Francis Cragin, Kansas, Scolopendra pinguis, tooth plate, suture, Victoria, South Australia, Southwestern Western Australia (is this different than Southwest Australia?), Eritrean highlands, Red Sea Hills, clutch, threat display, Centruroides limpidus, immunity, antibacterial
• are the two subspecies still recognized as taxonomically independent (are these subspecies names still used in recent literature?)
• could you clarify how a single species could be monophyletic?
• "this has prompted the creation of over 50 synonyms for S. morsitans in scientific literature" but none are listed in the taxobox (I understand not wanting to clog the taxobox with 50 obsolete names, but there is the option of using the collapsible list template). Are there any that could be mentioned (in the taxonomy section) that were perhaps commonly used or have an interesting story behind them?
• ”estirases” -> esterases? (and it’s already linked)
• there are several duplicate links throughout the article, please audit

Unfortunately, it's been over 10 days with no response from the nominator, nor have they logged on since early July. Hopefully these comments will be useful for future improvements. Esculenta (talk) 00:10, 7 August 2022 (UTC)Reply