lutea Newport, 1845:392 .

Holotype (BMNH [D. Mann, pers. comm.; examined]); type locality: Caribbean Islands .

Original rank: species. Current rank and status: synonym of S. subspinipes Leach, 1815 (Kohlrausch 1878, 1879, 1881; Kraepelin 1903; Brölemann 1909; Attems 1930; Bücherl 1942a); I confirm this synonymy.

Remarks: Scolopendra lutea was omitted by Bücherl (1974).