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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Myriapoda
Class:	Chilopoda
Order:	Scolopendromorpha
Family:	Scolopendridae
Genus:	Cormocephalus
Species:	C. rubriceps
Binomial name
*Cormocephalus rubriceps* (Newport, 1843)

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. At up to 25 cm in length, it is the largest centipede in New Zealand.

Giant Centipede carved or pare carved on display at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection at Landcare Research, Auckland.

Taxonomy

Cormocephalus rubriceps

This species was first named by George Newport in 1843 as Scolopendra rubriceps. Newport published a description of the species under that name in 1845.

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