Type designation and redescription of Scolopendra spinosissima Kraepelin, 1903 (Scolopendromorpha, Scolopendridae), with remarks on related taxa

The recent description of the scolopendromorph centipede <i>Scolopendraparadoxa</i> Doménech, 2018 raised questions concerning the morphological limits of its closest relative <i>S.spinosissima</i> Kraepelin, 1903. Following the works of this author and other evidence, the specimens making up the type series of <i>S.spinosissima</i> and a lectotype are fixed, redescribed, and illustrated; these are then compared with this species' unique available voucher and with <i>S.paradoxa</i> type material. Specimens making up the <i>S.spinosissima</i> type series are fixed including only four of the five individuals stored in the collection of Zoological Museum of Hamburg and, the voucher is identified as <i>S.spinosissima.</i> Its sister species, <i>S.paradoxa</i>, is confirmed as a morphologically and molecularly distinguishable taxon. Additionally, new data on the <i>S.spinosissima</i> type series are provideda and observations involving the excluded original type, reidentified as <i>Ethmostigmusrubripesrubripes</i> (Brandt, 1840), are given. Finally, the presence of <i>S.multidens</i> Newport, 1844 in the Philippines is proposed as dubious and a revised key for the <i>Scolopendra</i> of this archipelago is presented.