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).