Scolopendra pachypus Kohlrausch, 1879

Thofern, Detlef, Dupérré, Nadine & Harms, Danilo, 2021, An annotated type catalogue of the centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) held in the Zoological Museum Hamburg, Zootaxa 4977 (1), pp. 1-103 : 77

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scientific name	Scolopendra pachypus Kohlrausch, 1879
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130. Scolopendra pachypus Kohlrausch, 1879 View in CoL

Kohlrausch 1879: 73 (as Sc. pachypus View in CoL n. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Mus . Godeffroy , Hamburg 1 Exemplar.— Fundort [locality]: Californien [California] .

Dimensions. Körperlänge [body length] 63 [mm], Beinlänge 11,5 mm. [length of legs 11.5 mm].

Type material. Holotype ( ZMH-A0000635 ). U.S.A.: California [ca. 38°34’N, 121°29’W for Sacramento]. GoogleMaps

Preservation. 1 jar: Label 1. Scolopendra pachypus n. sp. E. Kohlrausch. Californien Hamb. 35 3838 (pencil); Label 2. Holotype ♀ Scolopendra pachypus Kohlrausch Vidit Crabill , 9. V.60, Hamburg (Crabill handwriting).

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 71, No. 84. Holotype.

Collection remarks. The specimen came from the private Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg. One label carries the number 3838 which may be the original Godeffroy number.

Current systematic position. Junior synonym of Scolopendra polymorpha (Wood, 1861) View in CoL according to Kraepelin (1903: 241).