Cormocephalus purpureus Pocock, 1893
The valid name for Cormocephalus purpureus Pocock, 1893 is Cormocephalus westwoodi (Newport, 1844)
Cormocephalus purpureus Pocock, 1893
Original description: Pocock R.I. (1893). Report upon the Myriapoda of the "Challenger" Expedition with remarks upon the fauna of Bermuda - Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6)11: 121-142, see p. 128.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Cormocephalus Newport, 1844
Type locality: New Zealand, near Wellington
Synonymy: Koch L.E. (1983). Revision of the Australian centipedes of the genus Cormocephalus Newport (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae: Scolopendrinae) - Australian Journal of Zoology , 31: 799-833, see p. 828.
Notes: Introduced as a substitute name for Cormocephalus violaceus Newport, 1845
