ChiloBase 2.0

Recommended citation:
Bonato L., Chagas Junior A.,
Edgecombe G.D. Lewis J.G.E.,
Minelli A., Pereira L.A.,
Shelley R.M., Stoev P.,
Zapparoli M. (2016)
ChiloBase 2.0 - A World Catalogue
of Centipedes (Chilopoda).
Available at https://chilobase.biologia.unipd.it.

The valid name for Rhombocephalus Newport, 1844 is Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758

Rhombocephalus Newport, 1844

Original description: Newport G. (1844). [Conclusion of the monograph on the Myriapoda Chilopoda"] - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 1: 191-197, see p. 193.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Scolopendridae

Original rank: genus

Type species: Scolopendra viridifrons Newport,1844 - by subsequent designation

Fixed by: Pocock R.I. (1891). Notes on the synonymy of some species of Scolopendridae with descriptions of new genera and species of the group - Annals and Magazine of Natural History , (6)7: 51-58; 221-31, see p. 53.

Synonymy: Pocock R.I. (1891). Notes on the synonymy of some species of Scolopendridae with descriptions of new genera and species of the group - Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6)7: 51-58; 221-31, see p. 229.

Valid Species:

• Rhombocephalus brevis Newport, 1845