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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).
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Cormocephalus devylderi Porat, 1893

Original description: Porat C.O. von (1893). Myriopoder från Vest-och Syd-Afrika - Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar , 18(4): 1-51, see p. 9.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Scolopendridae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Cormocephalus Newport, 1844

Type locality: South Africa, Little Namaqualand, south of Orange River

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. 109.