gigas Leach, 1815:383 .

Holotype: not known to exist, not found in BMNH in 2005; type locality: unknown.

Original rank: species. Current rank and status: synonym of S. gigantea L., 1758 (Kraepelin 1903; Brölemann 1909; Attems 1930; Bücherl 1939, 1942 a; Shelley & Kiser 2000).

Remarks: Scolopendra gigas was omitted by Bücherl (1974).