Scolopendra leptodera 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 : 75-76

128. Scolopendra leptodera Kohlrausch, 1879

Kohlrausch 1879: 73 (as Sc. leptodera n. sp.)

Type locality and specimens. Gymnas. Johann., Hamburg 1 Exemplar.— Fundort [locality]: Brasilien [ Brazil] .

Dimensions. Körperlänge [boy length] 83 [mm], Endbeine 18 (?) Mm. [length of ultimate legs maybe 18 mm].

Type material. Holotype ( ZMH-A0000636 ). BRAZIL. No additional data [15°47’38“S, 47°52’58“W for Bra- sília].

Preservation. 1 jar: Label 1: Scolopendra leptodera n. sp. Kohlr. Brasilien Hmbg 64 a.; Label 2. Scolopendra leptodora Kohlrausch ( S. viridis polymorpha Wood ) 1 Expl. Holotypus (imprint: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg); Label 3. Holotype ♀ Scolopendra leptodera Kohlr. Vidit Crablill , 9. V.60, Hamburg (Crabill handwriting).

Old type catalogue. Weidner (1960), p. 71, No. 82. Holotype.

Collection remarks. The specimen came from the collections of the Gymnasium Johanneum in Hamburg (later on ZMH).

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