Cormocephalus laevipes is a species of centipede in the Scolopendridae family. It was first described in 1891 by British zoologist Reginald Innes Pocock. Distribution The species is found on Australia’s Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea, and in the Solomon Islands. Behaviour The centipedes are solitary terrestrial predators that inhabit plant litter, soil and rotting wood. References laevipes Centipedes of Australia Fauna of Lord Howe Island Fauna of the Solomon Islands Animals described in 1891 Taxa named by R. I. Pocock