Cormocephalus nitidus willsii Pocock, 1891


Cormocephalus nitidus willsii Pocock, 1891.

Original description: Pocock R.I. (1891). Notes on the synonymy of some species of Scolopendridae with descriptions of new genera and species of the group - Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (6)7: 51-58; 221-31, see p. 63.

Order: Scolopendromorpha

Original rank: species

Family: Scolopendridae

Original genus: Cormocephalus Newport, 1844.

Type locality: Madagascar

Synonym(s):

Last taxonomic scrutiny: Attems C. (1930).Myriopoda. 2. Scolopendromorpha - Das Tierreich. De Gruyter, Berlin, 54: 1-308, see p. 86.

Distribution:

-- within Southern America: Peru

Notes: Possibly a junior synonym of Cormocephalus nitidus Porat, 1871 (Lawrence, 1960 - Faune de Madagascar, 12: 70).