Scolopendra graeca C. L. Koch, 1836

Doménech, Carles & Nagel, Peter, 2022, On the dates of publication of four European species of Scolopendra Linnaeus 1758 described by C. L. Koch (Myriapoda, Chilopoda), Zootaxa 5159 (1), pp. 125-135 : 130

Scolopendra graeca C. L. Koch, 1836

Original description:

Scolopendra graeca C. L. Koch 1836 [1. Oct.]. Text 9.1 [Anmerkung 2, 1 p., unpaginated] - In: Koch, C.L. (1836a) Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden. Ein Beitrag zur deutschen Fauna. Herausgegeben von Dr. Herrich-Schäffer. [see S. clavipes above] 9 tes Heft. Regensburg: Fr. Pustet.

This case is similar to S. clavipes (see above). The pretended original description in Koch (1847) is just a comprehensive redescription from Koch (1836a, b). The original description was published as “ Anmerkung 2” in line with the description of S. italica in Heft 9 of the Koch series and, concurrently, Heft 142 of the Herrich-Schäffer series without being listed in the index and neither illustrated.

The name S. graeca C. L. Koch, 1836 is corrected herewith from the wrong “1847” or referenced work “System der Myriapoda ”, respectively ( Koch 1847, pp. 161, 269, plate 5 detail drawings). The latter reference was used in the sense of the first description e.g. by Koch (1863b pp. 70, 71, plate 95 habitus), Kraepelin (1903, p. 254), Attems (1930, p. 28) and Bonato et al. (2016).

The currently accepted name is Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829 (see Bonato et al. 2016, founded on Kraepelin 1903).