Otostigmus ruficeps Pocock, 1890
The valid name for Otostigmus ruficeps Pocock, 1890 is Otostigmus multidens (Haase, 1887)
Otostigmus ruficeps Pocock, 1890
Original description: Pocock R.I. (1890). Report upon a small collections of scorpions and centipedes sent from Madras by Mr. Edgar Thurston of the Government Central Museum - Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6)5: 244-249, see p. 247.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Original rank:
Original genus: Otostigmus Porat, 1876
Type locality: India, Madras
Synonymy: Lewis J.G.E. (1996). The type speciumens and identity of the species described in the genus Otostigmus (subgenus Otostigmus) by R.I. Pocock in the collection of the Natural History Museum, London (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae) - Journal of Natural History , 30: 823-834, see p. 828.
Distribution:
-- within Asia-Tropical: Tamil Nadu
Notes: Originally described as Otostigma ruficeps. The synonymy needs to be reassessed
