Hemiscolopendra galapagosa Chamberlin, 1955



The valid name for Hemiscolopendra galapagosa Chamberlin, 1955 is Scolopendra galapagoensis (Bollman, 1889)

Hemiscolopendra galapagosa Chamberlin, 1955

Original description: Chamberlin R.V. (1955). Reports of the Lund University Chile Expedition 1948-49. 18. The Chilopoda of the Lund University and California Academy of Science Expeditions - Acta Universitatis Lundensis , N.S. Avd. 2 51(5): 1-61, see p. 43.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Scolopendridae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Hemiscolopendra Kraepelin, 1903

Type locality: Ecuador, Galápagos Islands, Gardner Islet

Synonymy: Shear W.A., Peck S.B. (1992). Centipeds (Chilopoda) and Symphyla of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador - Canadian Journal of Zoology , 70: 2260-2274, see p. 2265.