Cormocephalus rubriceps
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Cormocephalus rubriceps (Newport, 1843)
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Cormocephalus rubriceps is a large centipede of the family Scolopendridae. It is native to Australia and New Zealand, where it is found in the North Island and on islands off the North Island.[1] At up to 25 cm in length, it is the largest centipede in New Zealand.
Taxonomy[]
This species known to Maori in New Zealand as the Hura,[2] was given its latin name by George Newport in 1843 as Scolopendra rubriceps.[3] Newport published a description of the species under that name in 1845.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Giant centipede". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ "hura". Māori dictionary. 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ Newport, George (February 1844). "XIII.— A List of the species of Myriapoda, Order Chilopoda, contained in the Cabinets of the British Museum, with synoptic descriptions of forty-seven new Species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13 (82): 94–101. doi:10.1080/03745484409442576. ISSN 0374-5481.
- ^ Newport, George (1845). "Monograph of the Class Myriapoda, Order Chilopoda". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 19: 349–440 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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Categories:
- Scolopendridae
- Arthropods of Australia
- Arthropods of New Zealand
- Animals described in 1843
- Myriapod stubs