Scolopendropsis leptodera, Kohlrausch, 1878: 25 Scolopendra cormocephalina, Kohlrausch, 1878: 26

Shelley, Rowland M., 2006, A chronological catalog of the New World species of Scolopendra L., 1758 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae), Zootaxa 1253 (1), pp. 1-50 : 20-21

leptodera Kohlrausch, 1878:25 .

Holotype (ZMUH [ Weidner 1960], examined); type locality: Brazil, without further specification.

Original rank: species. Current rank and status: synonym of S. polymorpha Wood, 1861 ( Kraepelin 1903, Attems 1930, Bücherl 1942 a, Shelley 2002).

Remarks: This species was redescribed as new by Kohlrausch (1879, 1881) and was omitted by Bücherl (1974). The holotype conforms to S. polymorpha as defined by Shelley (2002) — the transition from sparsely to densely hirsute antennomeres occurs at article 11, the anterior transverse sulcus on T1 and the middorsal suture on T21 are present, and there are 4/4 spines on the prefemoral processes of the ultimate legs; the specimen is rather large, but not beyond what I have seen for this species. However, Shelley (2002) deleted all records of S. polymorpha from south of Guerrero, Mexico, including that from Brazil, which is based on this holotype. As Kohlrausch (1878) also proposed S. pachypus , a synonym of S. polymorpha , from California, where it is the only indigenous scolopendrid, perhaps he mislabeled a specimen from the sample containing S. pachypus as being from Brazil. Whatever the explanation, South America is wholly implausible for S. polymorpha , and there is no evidence that the species is established in Brazil, as I know of no other specimen from the country. cormocephalina Kohlrausch, 1878:26 .

Holotype (ZMUH [ Weidner 1960], examined); type locality: Montevideo, Uruguay.

Original rank: species. Current rank and status: synonym of Hemiscolopendra laevigata ( Porat, 1876) ( Kraepelin 1903; Attems 1930; Bücherl 1939, 1942 a); I confirm the assignment of cormocephalina to Hemiscolopendra Kraepelin, 1903 .

Remarks : This species was redescribed as new by Kohlrausch (1879, 1881) and was omitted by Bücherl (1974).