Transcription of labels: Eight labels. Two labels glued onto the glass lid of the jar containing the holotype. |Scolopendra robusta Kraepelin nov. spec. Typus. Mexico Monterey Speyer 1900|, handwritten, ink. |SCOLOPENDRA robusta Krpln. MEXIQUE|, printed. One label tied to the jar. |MZS Myr 504 // Scolopendra Holotype|, handwritten, pencil, Marie Meister’s label. One label glued onto the jar. |TYP.|, printed. Four labels inside the jar. |MZS Myr 504|, handwritten, pencil, Marie Meister’s label. |Monterey Mexico Speyer 1902|, handwritten, ink. |Scolopendra robusta Krpn. Typus n.sp|, Karl Kraepelin’s handwriting, pencil. |Scolopendra gigantea Linnaeus, 1758 Det: C. Mtnez 22.v.2018|, handwritten, ink, Carlos Martínez’s label.
Curatorial remarks: One label glued to the glass lid states the collecting date as 1900 while one label inside the jar states it as 1902. The catalog card also states 1902. The latter year was selected for databasing. Speyer is a vendor, not a field collector.
Nomenclatural remarks: The specimen of Scolopendra robusta preserved at the MZS, Strasbourg, is the holotype by original designation. Kraepelin (1903: 239) wrote “Von dieser Art liegt mir ein prächtiges altes Exemplar (Typus) aus Mexiko (Monterey) vor, sowie ein junges Individuum aus Kolumbien...”. The applicable articles of the Code (ICZN, 1999) are: 73.1. Holotypes. A holotype is the single specimen upon which a new nominal species-group taxon is based in the original publication. 73.1.1. If an author when establishing a new nominal species-group taxon states in the original publication that one specimen, and only one, is the holotype, or “the type”, or uses some equivalent expression, that specimen is the holotype fixed by original designation. The holotype has been previously mentioned indirectly by Shelley (2006: 26) as a holotype, and by Thofern et al. (2021: 77, entry 131) as a “syntype”. The specimen has no corresponding entry in Kraepelin’s Scolopendromorpha catalog.
Geographic remark: The locality of "Mexico Monterey" is undoubtedly spurious and therefore this specimen should not be linked to that location in this database.