Scolopendra savignyi Newport, 1845
The valid name for Scolopendra savignyi Newport, 1845 is Scolopendra cingulata (Latreille, 1829)
Scolopendra savignyi 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. 388.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758
Type locality: Egypt
Synonymy: Kohlrausch E. (1881). Gattungen und Arten der Scolopendriden - Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 47: 50-132, see p. 103.
Notes: The original spelling was "savignii" but all subsequent authors have used the spelling "savignyi". According to article 33.3.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, the subsequent spelling is deemed to be correct as it is in prevailing usage.
