Scolopendra longipes Wood, 1862
The valid name for Scolopendra longipes Wood, 1862 is Scolopendra alternans (Leach, 1815)
Scolopendra longipes Wood, 1862
Original description: Wood H.C.jr. (1862). On the Chilopoda of North America with a catalogue of all the specimens in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution - Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia , (2)5(1): 5-52, see p. 26.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758
Type locality: The [type] specimen from "Halifax (?)" is probably incorrectly labelled'
Synonymy: Kraepelin K. (1903). Revision der Scolopendriden - Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten , (2)20: 1-276, see p. 244.
Distribution:
-- within Northern America: Florida
-- within Southern America: Bahamas
