Cormocephalus nitidus nitidus Porat, 1871

Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail & Edgecombe, Gregory D., 2013, Scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) in the Natural History Museum (London): A review of the hitherto unidentified species collected in Africa, with remarks on taxonomy and distribution, and a new species of Otostigmus (Parotostigmus), Zootaxa 3734 (2), pp. 169-198 : 187

21. Cormocephalus nitidus nitidus Porat, 1871

Cormocephalus ambiguus Meinert, 1886 (for further synonyms see Minelli et al. 2006).

Material examined. South Africa: Somerset East, leg. Leppan, 1 ex., BMNH 03.6 .25.193. ( Fig. 35 ) .

Type locality. South Africa (Eastern Cape, ' Caffraria' ) ( Minelli et al. 2006) .

General distribution. East Tropical Africa: Tanzania ( TZ); South Tropical Africa: Mozambique ( MZ); Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar ( MG); Southern Africa: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal) (ZA) ( Schileyko and Stagl 2004; Minelli et al. 2006).

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FIGURE 35. Cormocephalus multispinosus, C. nitidus nitidus, C. oligoporus and C. westwoodi westwoodi, distribution records of specimens from Africa housed in the NHM collection.