Species Cormocephalus westwoodi (Newport, 1844)
- Cormocephalus foecundus Newport, G. 1845. Monograph of the class Myriapoda, order Chilopoda. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 19: 349-439 [421].
- Cormocephalus violaceus Newport, G. 1845. Monograph of the class Myriapoda, order Chilopoda. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 19: 349-439 [424].
- Cormocephalus pallipes Newport, G. 1845. Monograph of the class Myriapoda, order Chilopoda. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 19: 349-439 [424].
- Cormocephalus dispar Porat, C.O. von 1872. Myriapoden Africae australis in Museo Regio Holmiensi. Pars I. Chilopoda. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 9: 1135-1167 [1155].
- Cormocephalus rugulosus Porat, C.O. von 1872. Myriapoden Africae australis in Museo Regio Holmiensi. Pars I. Chilopoda. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 9: 1135-1167 [1155].
- Cormocephalus longicornis Porat, C.O. von 1872. Myriapoden Africae australis in Museo Regio Holmiensi. Pars I. Chilopoda. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, Stockholm 9: 1135-1167 [1559].
- Cormocephalus monilicornis Porat, C.O. von 1876. Om några exotiska Myriopoder. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 4(7): 1-48 [16].
- Cormocephalus violaceus Hutton, F.W. 1877. Notes on the New Zealand Myriapoda in the Otago Museum. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 10: 288-293 [289].
- Cormocephalus lanatipes Köhlrausch, E. 1881. Gattungen und Arten der Scolopendriden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 47: 50-132 [85].
- Cormocephalus purpureus Pocock, R.I. 1893. Report upon the Myriopoda of the 'Challenger' Expedition, with Remarks upon the Fauna of Bermuda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 11: 121-142, pl. 9 [127].
- Cormocephalus huttoni Pocock, R.I. 1893. Report upon the Myriopoda of the 'Challenger' Expedition, with Remarks upon the Fauna of Bermuda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 11: 121-142, pl. 9 [128].
- Cormocephalus elegans Kraepelin, K. 1903. Revision der Scolopendriden. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 20: 1-276 [206].
- Cormocephalus ribauti Attems, C.G. 1928. Neue Scolopendriden der Museen Wien und Hamburg. Zoologischer Anzeiger 78: 279-309 [289].
- Cormocephalus violaceus Pocock, R.I. 1898. Report on the centipedes and millipedes obtained by Dr Willey in the Loyalty Islands, New Britain and elsewhere. pp. 59-68 in Willey, A. (ed.). Zoological Results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty Islands and elsewhere, collected during the years 1895, 96 and 97 (Part 1). Cambridge : Publisher unknown. [60].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania
IBRA
NSW, Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
- Madagascar
- South Africa
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Tasmania
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
Oriental Region
- Sri Lanka
Ecological Descriptors
Litter, predator, soil dweller, solitary, terrestrial, under bark.
General References
Attems, C.G. 1928. Neue Scolopendriden der Museen Wien und Hamburg. Zoologischer Anzeiger 78: 279-309 [289 figs 7, 8] (Cormocephalus ribauti; distrubution)
Attems, C.G. 1930. Myriapoda. 2. Scolopendromorpha. Das Tierreich. Berlin : Walter de Gruyter & Co. Vol. Lief. 54 308 pp. [78, 84, 86] (as Cormocephalus westwoodi westwoodi, Cormocephalus westwoodi dispar, Cormocephalus elegans elegans)
Chamberlin, R.V. 1920. The Myriopoda of the Australian region. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 64(1): 1-269 [28] (Cormocephalus violascens)
Fahlander, K. 1939. Chilopoden aus Australien und Tasmanien. Arkiv för Zoologi 31B(1): 1-4 [1] (as Cormocephalus westwoodi westwoodi; distribution)
Koch, L.E. 1983. Revision of the Australian centipedes of the genus Cormocephalus Newport (Chilopoda: Scolopendridae: Scolopendrinae). Australian Journal of Zoology 31: 799-833 [828] (Cormocephalus westwoodi; distribution)
Köhlrausch, E. 1881. Gattungen und Arten der Scolopendriden. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 47: 50-132 [85] (distribution)
Kraepelin, K. 1903. Revision der Scolopendriden. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 20: 1-276 [206] (Cormocephalus westwoodi var. foecundus and Cormocephalus elegans)
Kraepelin, K. 1916. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expedition to Australia 1910–1913. 4. Scolopendriden und Skorpione. Arkiv för Zoologi 10(2): 1-43 [13] (Cormocephalus westwoodi var. huttoni)
Lawrence, R.F. 1955. A revision of the centipedes (Chilopoda) of Natal and Zululand. Annals of the Natal Museum 13(2): 121-174 [160] (Cormocephalus westwoodi elegans, Cormocephalus westwoodi microdens)
Lawrence, R.F. 1955. Chilopoda — Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950–1951 (Chapter 2). South African Animal Life 2: 4-56 [16] (Cormocephalus westwoodi nubigenus)
Mesibov, R. 1986. A Guide to Tasmanian Centipedes. Hobart : R. Mesibov 64 pp. [34 figs 42-45] (Cormocephalus westwoodi; distribution)
Newport, G. 1844. 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: 94-101 [100] (distribution)
Newport, G. 1845. Monograph of the class Myriapoda, order Chilopoda. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 19: 349-439 [424] (distribution)
Porat, C.O. von 1876. Om några exotiska Myriopoder. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 4(7): 1-48 [16] (distribution)
Saussure, H. de & Zehntner, L. 1902. Myriopoden aus Madagaskar und Zanzibar. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 26: 425-460 [432] (Cormocephalus westwoodi dispar var. fangaroka)
Walckenaer, C.A. & Gervais, F.L.P. 1847. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Aptères. Tome 4. Myriapodes. Paris : Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret 620 pp. [275] (Scolopendra pallipes, Scolopendra violacescens; distribution)
History of changes
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