Scolopendra torquata Wood, 1861



The valid name for Scolopendra torquata Wood, 1861 is Scolopendra alternans (Leach, 1815)

Scolopendra torquata Wood, 1861

Original description: Wood H.C.jr. (1861). Description of new species of Scolopendra in the collection of the Academy - Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, [1861]: 10-15, see p. 13.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Scolopendridae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758

Type locality: British Virgin Islands, Sombrero Island

Synonymy: Kraepelin K. (1903). Revision der Scolopendriden - Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten , (2)20: 1-276, see p. 244.