Scolopendra violacescens Gervais, 1847
The valid name for Scolopendra violacescens Gervais, 1847 is Cormocephalus westwoodi (Newport, 1844)
Scolopendra violacescens Gervais, 1847
Original description: Gervais P. (1847). Myriapodes. In: Walckenaer C.A. de, Gervais F.L .P., Histoire naturelle des Insectes Aptères, Tome 4. - Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 1-57, 210-623, see p. 275.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758
Type locality:
Synonymy: Koch L.E. (1983). Revision of the Australian centipedes of the genus Cormocephalus Newport (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae: Scolopendrinae) - Australian Journal of Zoology , 31: 799-833, see p. 828.
Notes: Unjustified emendation of Cormocephalus violaceus Newport
