Cormocephalus guildingii Newport, 1845



Cormocephalus guildingii 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. 425.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Scolopendridae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Cormocephalus Newport, 1844

Type locality: St. Vincent, West Indies

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Chamberlin R.V. (1944). Chilopods in the collections of Field Museum of Natural History - Field Museum Natural History Publications. Zoological Series, 28: 175-216, see p. 182.

Distribution:

-- within Southern America: Dominican Republic; St.Vincent

Notes: Possibly a synonym of Cormocephalus impressus Porat, 1876 according to Kraepelin (1903 - Mitt. Nat. Mus. Hamburg, 20: 181).