Cormocephalus violaceus Newport, 1845
The valid name for Cormocephalus violaceus Newport, 1845 is Cormocephalus westwoodi (Newport, 1844)
Cormocephalus violaceus 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. 424.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Cormocephalus Newport, 1844
Type locality: New Zealand, near Wellington
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. 828.
