Scolopendra viridis Say, 1821

Hollier, John & Stagl, Verena, 2016, The Chilopoda (Myriapoda) described by Aloïs Humbert, Henri de Saussure and Leo Zehntner, Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (2), pp. 227-233 : 232

otomita Saussure, 1858: 546 [Scolopendra].

Plateau du Mexique. Unspecified series.

Saussure (1860) gave a more detailed redescription. Saussure & Humbert (1872) regarded this name to be a junior synonym of S. azteca Saussure . The MHNG collection contains seven specimens in alcohol in two jars under the name Scolopendra otomita . The first jar, containing six specimens, has the locality “ Puebla ” written on one of the identification labels, and a label indicating that Crabill identified the specimens as syntypes. The second jar, containing one specimen, has a torn label reading “ Scolopendra otomita Sauss. , type, Mexique, Mr H de Saussure” indicating that this specimen was also part of the type series. The second jar has a holotype label glued to it, but all of these specimens are syntypes.

A junior synonym of Scolopendra viridis Say, 1821