Cormocephalus pygomelas Kohlrausch, 1879

Thofern, Detlef, Dupérré, Nadine & Harms, Danilo, 2021, An annotated type catalogue of the centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg, Zootaxa 4977 (1), pp. 1-103 : 58

90­. Cormocephalus pygomelas Kohlrausch, 1879

Kohlrausch 1979: 73 (as C. pygomelas n. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Mus. Godeffroy , Hamburg 1 Exemplar.— Fundort [locality]: Süd-Amerika [South America] .

Dimensions. Länge des Körpers [body length] 100 [mm], der Endbeine 15,0 Mm. [length of the ultimate legs 15.0 mm].

Type material. Holoype ( ZMH-A0000586 ). “SOUTH AMERICA ”. No additional data .

Preservation. 1 jar: Label 1. Cormocephalus pygomelas (n. sp.) Kohlr. Mus. God. [=] 19 […] Süd America (pencil); Label 2. Cormocephalus aurantiipes Newp. Orig. zu C. pygomelas Kohlr. M.G. Südamerica (?); Label 3. Cormocephalus aurantiipes Newp. var. pygomelas Kohlr. Original M.G. v.1896 Süd-Amerika.

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 67, No. 32. Holotype.

Remarks. The specimen came from the private Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg.

Current systematic position. Junior synonym of Cormocephalus aurantiipes (Newport, 1844) according to Haase (1887: 57–58).