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 Scolopendra insignis Gervais, 1844 is Scolopendra gigantea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scolopendra insignis Gervais, 1844

Original description: Gervais P. (1844). Description des Myriapodes recueillis par Goudot en Colombie - Annales de la Société entomologique de France, (2)9:, see p. 278.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Scolopendridae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758

Type locality: Colombia

Synonymy: Kraepelin K. (1903). Revision der Scolopendriden - Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten , (2)20: 1-276, see p. 233.