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Scutigera superba Meinert,1886

The valid name for Scutigera superba Meinert,1886 is Sphendononema guildingii (Newport, 1845)

Scutigera superba Meinert,1886

Original description: Meinert F. (1886). Myriapoda Musaei Hauniensis. III. Chilopoda - Saertryk af Videnskabelige Meddelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening j Kjobenhavn, 1884: 100-150, see p. 104.

Order: Scutigeromorpha

Family: Pselliodidae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Scutigera Lamarck, 1801

Type locality: West Indies

Synonymy: Würmli M. (1978). Synopsis der neotropischen Pselliodidae (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha) - Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 13:135-142, see p. 138.