Cormocephalus nitidus nitidus Porat, 1871

Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail & Edgecombe, Gregory D., 2013, Scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) in the Natural History Museum (London): A review of the hitherto unidentified species collected in Africa, with remarks on taxonomy and distribution, and a new species of Otostigmus (Parotostigmus), Zootaxa 3734 (2), pp. 169-198 : 187

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21. Cormocephalus nitidus nitidus Porat, 1871 View in CoL View at ENA

Cormocephalus ambiguus Meinert, 1886 View in CoL (for further synonyms see Minelli et al. 2006).

Material examined. South Africa: Somerset East, leg. Leppan, 1 ex., BMNH 03.6 .25.193. ( Fig. 35 View FIGURE 35 ) .

Type locality. South Africa (Eastern Cape, ' Caffraria' ) ( Minelli et al. 2006) .

General distribution. East Tropical Africa: Tanzania ( TZ); South Tropical Africa: Mozambique ( MZ); Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar ( MG); Southern Africa: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal) (ZA) ( Schileyko and Stagl 2004; Minelli et al. 2006).

References

Meinert, F. (1886) Myriapoda Musei Cantabrigensis. Part I. Chilopoda. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 23, 161 - 233.

Minelli, A., Bonato, L., Dioguardi, R., Chagas, J. A., Edgecombe, G. D., Lewis, J. G. E., Pereira, L. A., Shelley, R. M., Stoev, P., Uliana, M. & Zapparoli, M. (2006 and onwards). CHILOBASE. A web resource for Chilopoda taxonomy.

Porat, C. O. von (1871) Myriopoda Africae australis, in Museo Regio Holmiensi asservata, recensuit. Kongliga Vetenskaps- Akademien Forhandlingar, 9, 1135 - 1167

Schileyko, A. & Stagl, V. (2004) The collection of scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda) in the Natural History Museum in Vienna: a critical re-evaluation of former taxonomic identifications. Annalen des Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, 105, 67 - 137.

Figures

FIGURE 35. Cormocephalus multispinosus, C. nitidus nitidus, C. oligoporus and C. westwoodi westwoodi, distribution records of specimens from Africa housed in the NHM collection.