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 Selista forceps Rafinesque,1820 is Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Selista forceps Rafinesque,1820

Original description: Rafinesque C.S. (1820). Annals of nature, or annual synopsis of new genera and species of animals, plants etc. discovered in North America. First annual number for 1820 - Lexington, pp. 20, see p. 7.

Order: Scutigeromorpha

Family: Scutigeridae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Selista Rafinesque, 1820

Type locality: "near Baltimore" (U.S.A.)

Synonymy: Muralewitsch W.S. (1910). [Uebersicht über die Myriopodengauna des Kaukasus. Teil I. ] - Mitteilungen des Kaukasischen Museum , 5(1): 1-80, see p. 78.