californica Humbert & Saussure, 1870:203 .

Holotype: not known to exist, not present in MHNG (P. Schwendinger, pers. comm.), not found in 2005; type locality: California, USA .

Original rank: species. Current rank and status: synonym of S. polymorpha Wood, 1861 (Shelley 2002), the only indigenous species of Scolopendra known to occur in California.

Anatomical illustrations: Saussure & Humbert (1872, pl. 5, figs. 6d, l).