Scolopendra otomita, Saussure, 1860: 125 Scolopendra maya, Saussure, 1860: 125

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 : 14-15

otomita Saussure, 1860:125 .

Holotype (MHNG + 6 specimens labeled syntypes [P. Schwendinger, pers. comm.; examined]); type locality: Mexican plateau.

Original rank: species. Current rank and status: synonym of S. viridis Say, 1821 ( Kraepelin 1903, Brölemann 1909, Attems 1930, Bücherl 1942 a, Shelley 2002).

Anatomical illustrations: Saussure (1960, pl. 6, figs. 42, 42c), Daday (1893, pl. 5, fig. 8).

Remarks: This name was omitted by Bücherl (1974). maya Saussure, 1860:126 .

Holotype (MHNG [P. Schwendinger, pers. comm.; examined]); type locality: Huitznopala , between Metztitlán & Tampico (spelled by Saussure (1860) as “ Huitznopal, between Mextitlan and Tampico ”), Hidalgo, Mexico.

Original rank: species. Current rank and status: subspecies of S. viridis Say, 1821 ( Kraepelin 1903, Shelley 2002).

Anatomical illustrations: Saussure (1860, pl. 7, figs. 45, 45c, p), Saussure & Humbert (1872, pl. 5, fig. 12).

Distribution : temperate regions of Mexico ( Saussure & Humbert 1872). Maps : none.

Remarks : Kraepelin (1903) and Attems (1930) considered maya to be “varieties” of S. viridis and S. v. viridis , respectively, but varieties in zoological nomenclature are equivalent to subspecies, and the Code does not recognize categories below this level. Therefore, a variety of a subspecies has no standing in nomenclature and is taxonomically invalid (see ensuing list). Scolopendra viridis maya was omitted by Bücherl (1942 a, 1974).