Cormocephalus pustulatus

Cormocephalus pustulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Scolopendromorpha
Family:	Scolopendridae
Genus:	Cormocephalus
Species:	C. pustulatus
Binomial name
	Cormocephalus pustulatus; Kraepelin, 1903

Last updated October 17, 2025

Cormocephalus pustulatus is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia, a French overseas territory in Melanesia. It was first described in 1903 by German naturalist Karl Kraepelin.^[1]^[2]

Distribution

The species occurs on the main island of Grande Terre.^[2]

References

1 2 Kraepelin, K (1903). "Revision der Scolopendriden". Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. (2) 20: 1–276 [189].
1 2 Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

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[kraepelin1903-1] 1 2 Kraepelin, K (1903). "Revision der Scolopendriden". Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten. (2) 20: 1–276 [189].

[chilobase-2] 1 2 Bonato L.; Chagas Junior A.; Edgecombe G.D.; Lewis J.G.E.; Minelli A.; Pereira L.A.; Shelley R.M.; Stoev P.; Zapparoli M. (2016). "ChiloBase 2.0". A World Catalogue of Centipedes (Chilopoda). Rosario Dioguardi and Giuseppe Cortese, University of Padua. Retrieved 27 March 2023.

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