prismatica Cragin, 1885:144 .

Holotype: not known to exist; type locality: Medicine Lodge, Barber Co., Kansas, USA .

Original rank: variety of S. heros Girard, 1853 . Current rank and status: synonym of S. heros Girard, 1853 (Shelley 2002) .

Remarks: Scolopendra prismatica was not addressed by Kraepelin (1903) and Attems (1930), who doubtlessly were unaware of Cragin’s obscure paper.