Cormocephalus rubriceps

Cormocephalus rubriceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Scolopendromorpha
Family:	Scolopendridae
Genus:	Cormocephalus
Species:	C. rubriceps
Binomial name
	Cormocephalus rubriceps; (Newport, 1843)

Cormocephalus rubriceps is a large centipede of the family Scolopendridae. It is native to Australia and New Zealand, where it is found in the North Island and on islands off the North Island.^[1] At up to 25 cm in length, it is the largest centipede in New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was first named by George Newport in 1843 as Scolopendra rubriceps.^[2] Newport published a description of the species under that name in 1845.^[3]

References

^ "Giant centipede". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
^ Newport, George (February 1844). "XIII.— A List of the species of Myriapoda, Order Chilopoda, contained in the Cabinets of the British Museum, with synoptic descriptions of forty-seven new Species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13 (82): 94–101. doi:10.1080/03745484409442576. ISSN 0374-5481.
^ Newport, George (1845). "Monograph of the Class Myriapoda, Order Chilopoda". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 19: 349–440 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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[1] "Giant centipede". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 2020-07-14.

[2] Newport, George (February 1844). "XIII.— A List of the species of Myriapoda, Order Chilopoda, contained in the Cabinets of the British Museum, with synoptic descriptions of forty-seven new Species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13 (82): 94–101. doi:10.1080/03745484409442576. ISSN 0374-5481.

[3] Newport, George (1845). "Monograph of the Class Myriapoda, Order Chilopoda". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 19: 349–440 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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