Rhombocephalus politus Newport, 1845



The valid name for Rhombocephalus politus Newport, 1845 is Cormocephalus aurantiipes (Newport, 1844)

Rhombocephalus politus 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

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. 803.

Notes: Synonymy doubtful