On the dates of publication of four European species of Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 described by C.L. Koch (Myriapoda, Chilopoda)

Current studies on European Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758 revealed inconsistencies in the use of the date of publications containing original descriptions by C. L. Koch. These dates are reviewed in the present paper. As a result, the following commonly attributed dates of description have to be amended: S. clavipes C. L. Koch, 1847, S. italica C. L. Koch, 1837, S. graeca C. L. Koch, 1847, and S. germanica C. L. Koch, 1837. The work containing the original description of all these taxa was published in 1836 by C. L. Koch as Heft 9 of the rare series "Deutschlands Crustaceen, Myriapoden und Arachniden". Two of these taxa were introduced by a short, inconspicuous paragraph and without illustration. The remaining two were wrongly dated short time after their descriptions, which were never questioned and have still being used until today.