Scolopendra michoacana, Chamberlin, 1942: 18

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 : 29

michoacana Chamberlin, 1942:18 .

Holotype (NMNH); type locality: Tancitaro , Michoacan, Mexico.

Original rank: subspecies of S. pomacea C. L. Koch, 1847 . Current rank and status: subspecies of S. pomacea .

Anatomical illustrations: none.

Distribution : type locality. Maps: none.

Remarks: “ Scolopendra pomacea michoacana , subsp. nov. ” was proposed for “numerous” specimens collected at 6,000 ft. (1,800 m) elevation by H. Hoogstraal on 23 June 1941 at the same type locality as S. michoacana . Consequently, a most confusing situation is created because the name, michoacana , was proposed at different ranks by the same author for specimens collected by the same person at the same locality only one year apart! Scolopendra pomacea michoacana Chamberlin, 1942 , is thus a junior primary homonym of S. michoacana Chamberlin, 1941 , which holds priority; it was also omitted by Bücherl (1974).