Scolopendra melinonii, Lucas, 1853

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

melinonii Lucas, 1853 :LV–LVI (28 September).

Holotype: not known to exist, not present at MNHP (J.­J. Geoffroy, pers. comm.), not found in 2005; type locality: Cayenne, French Guiana.

Original rank: species. Current rank and status: valid species ( Bücherl 1942 a). Kohlrausch (1878, 1879, 1881) thought melinonii required further characterization; Kraepelin (1903) thought it might be referrable to Otostigmus ; and Attems (1930) cited it as an unrecognizable species.

Anatomical illustrations: none.

Distribution: type locality. Maps: none.

Remarks: The name was misspelled as “ melionii ” by Kraepelin (1903) and was omitted by Bücherl (1974).