Scolopendra platypoides Newport, 1844
The valid name for Scolopendra platypoides Newport, 1844 is Scolopendra morsitans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scolopendra platypoides Newport, 1844
Original description: Newport G. (1844). A list of the species of Myriapoda order Chilopoda contained in the cabinets of the British Museum with synoptic descriptions of forty-seven new species - Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13: 94-101, see p. 97.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758
Type locality: Brazil
Synonymy: Kohlrausch E. (1881). Gattungen und Arten der Scolopendriden - Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 47: 50-132, see p. 111.
Notes: The type locality was not provided in the original description. The indication of Brazil was given later by Newport (1845 - Trans. Linn. Soc. London, 19: 380)
