Rhombocephalus brevis Newport, 1845



Rhombocephalus brevis Newport, 1845

Original description: Newport G. (1845). Monograph of the class Myriapoda order Chilopoda; with observations on the general arrangement of the Articulata - Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 19: 265-302, 349-439, see p. 426.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Scolopendridae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Rhombocephalus Newport, 1844

Type locality: Western Australia

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Attems C. (1930). Myriopoda. 2. Scolopendromorpha - Das Tierreich. De Gruyter, Berlin, 54: 1-308, see p. 106.

Notes: A possible junior synonym of Cormocephalus aurantiipes (Newport, 1844) according to Kraepelin (1903).