Scolopendra ceylonensis Newport, 1845



The valid name for Scolopendra ceylonensis Newport, 1845 is Scolopendra subspinipes (Leach, 1815)

Scolopendra ceylonensis 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. 391.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Family: Scolopendridae

Original rank: species

Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758

Type locality: Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

Synonymy: Kohlrausch E. (1881). Gattungen und Arten der Scolopendriden - Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 47: 50-132, see p. 98.