Cormocephalus elegans

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Cormocephalus elegans
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Myriapoda
Class: Chilopoda
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Genus: Cormocephalus
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
Cormocephalus elegans
Kraepelin 1903 [1]
Subspecies
  • Cormocephalus elegans elegans Kraepelin, 1903
  • Cormocephalus elegans gracilipleurus Kraepelin, 1903

Cormocephalus elegans is a species of centipede of the family Scolopendridae found in North Africa. [2]

The name Cormocephalus elegans zuluinus is a synonym for Cormocephalus westwoodi anceps.

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References

  1. Kraepelin, K. 1903. Scorpione und Solifugen Nordost-Afrikas, gesammelt 1900 und 1901 von Carlo Freihern von Erlanger und Oscar Neumann. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 18: 557–578.
  2. ChiloBase: A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda) for the web in the Catalogue of Life in The Catalogue of Life Partnership: Catalogue of Life. doi : 10.15468/rffz4x