Cormocephalus nitidus Porat, 1871



Cormocephalus nitidus Porat, 1871

Original description: Porath C.O. von (1871). Myriopoda Africae australis in Museo Regio Holmiensi asservata recensuit. Pars I. Chilopoda - Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 28: 1135-1167, see p. 1154.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Scolopendridae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Cormocephalus Newport, 1844

Type locality: South Africa, Eastern Cape, 'Caffraria'

Synonym(s):

Subspecies:

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Schileyko A.A., Stagl V. (2004). The collection of scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda) in the Natural History Museum in Vienna: a critical re-evaluation of former taxonomic identifications - Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B, 105B: 67-137, see p. 78.

Distribution:

-- within Africa: Madagascar; Mozambique; Tanzania

Notes: Records from Australia are doubtful.