''Cormocephalus granulosus'' is a species of

centipede Centipedes (from New Latin , "hundred", and Latin , " foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek , ''kheilos'', lip, and New Latin suffix , "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda, an ...

in the

Scolopendridae Scolopendridae (or, in older documents, Scolopendridæ) is a family of large centipedes (class Chilopoda). Nearly all species in this family have four ocelli ( simple eyes) on each side of the head and only 21 pairs of legs, but there are excepti ...

family. It is endemic to

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, a French overseas territory in Melanesia. It was first described in 1923 by French

entomologist Entomology () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

Henri Ribaut Henri Ribaut (1872 – 14 February 1967, in Toulouse) was a French naturalist and entomologist. He was a specialist in Hemiptera notably Auchenorrhyncha Sternorrhyncha, Heteroptera, and Coleorrhyncha. His collection which includes Hymenoptera ...

Distribution

The species occurs on the main island of

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. The

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is the commune of La Foa.

References

granulosus Centipedes of New Caledonia Animals described in 1923 Taxa named by Henri Ribaut {{Myriapoda-stub