Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758
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Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758 |
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28. Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL
Eurylithobius slateri Butler, 1876 (for further synonyms see Minelli et al. 2006).
Material examined. Algeria: Otan, Domaine d’ Heljani, par St. Eugene , leg. M., J.A. Ducrok, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Algeria: S. Algeria, Boghari, 1911, Museum , 28/2/1949, leg. W. Rothsehild, 12 exx., BMNH 1950.2.20.126-135; Angola: Oncocua in village, Cuene river in the Province of Huilc in the Administrative area of Curoca, S.W. Africa, collected on date unknown (1947–1949?), rec. 22/8/1950, leg. M.H. Routh, 1 ex., BMNH 1952.9.1.52; Angola: Luanda, August 1949, leg. I.L.J. Galbraith, 6 exx., BMNH 1950.3.7.90-95; Botswana: Kgwebe Hills, Maun , under stone, 31/3/76, leg. F. Wanless, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Cameroon: Mamfe, Mamfe distr. , 450, 2/6/1933, No. (113 in), Percy Sladen Trust Expedition, leg. I. T . Sanderson , 1 ex., BMNH ?; Cameroon: Mamfe, Mamfe distr. , 450, 6/6/1933 (197L, 319 in), Percy Sladen Trust Expedition, leg. I. T . Sanderson , 1 ex., BMNH ?; Cameroon: Mamfe, Mamfe distr. , 450, 27/5/1933 (207s, 305 in), Percy Sladen Trust Expedition, leg. I. T . Sanderson , 1 ex., BMNH ?; Congo: Congo Belge, Uvira (Kivu), 7/6/1958, Rec. Dubois J. Th (Irsac), 1 ex., BMNH ?; Ghana: Gold Coast, West Africa , leg. S.J. Woodward, 3 exx., BMNH 1934.5.17.7-11; Kenya: British East Africa?, found in Bird Room , Laveridge Coll., leg A. Laveridge, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Kenya: Northern Turkana , Kenya Colony, Feb. – June 1934, Lake Rudolf Rift Valley Expedition 1934, leg. V . E. Fuchs , 1 ex., BMNH 1952.5.3.182-186; Kenya: Kilindini , Mombasa, 16/11/1955, leg. L.F. Brown, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Kenya: Naramum , Northern Turkana , Kenya Colony, 20/3/1934, Lake Rudolf Rift Valley Expedition 1934, leg. V . E. Fuchs , 1 ex., BMNH 1952.5.3187-191; Malawi: Chiromo , M. 18, 1958, spirit coll., leg. R . C.H. Sweeney , 1 ex., BMNH ?; Mozambique: Morrumbene (Inhambane), Ecological Survey ( University of Cape Town ), Jan. 1954, leg. unknown, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Mozambique: Lumbo, Port East Africa , leg. A. Laveridge, 23 exx., BMNH ?; Namibia: Windhoek, S.W. Africa , Jan. 1934, 1.650 m, leg. Dr. K. Jordan, 1 ex., BMNH 1934.6.5.31; Namibia: Hoffnung E. of Windhoek, S.W. Africa , 1.850 m, 30/12/1933, leg. Dr. K. Jordan, 6 exx., BMNH 1934.6.5.25-30; Namibia: S. of Otavi, S.W. Africa , 22/11/1934, leg. Dr. K. Jordan, 1 ex., BMNH 1934.4.25.114; Namibia: Sissekab, N.W. of Otavi, S.W. Africa , 1.300 m, 12/11/1933, leg. Dr. K. Jordan, 1 ex., BMNH 1934.4.25.113; Nigeria: Nko , Obubra div., S . Nigeria, 500 ft, 25/6/ 1933 (215 s, 374 in), under leaf-mould, Percy Sladen Expedition, leg. I. T . Sanderson , 2 exx., BMNH ?; Nigeria: Oban, S. Nigeria, July 1911, leg. P.A. Talbot, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Nigeria: Nko , Obubra div., S . Nigeria, 500 ft, 24/6/ 1933 (240 s, 372 in), Percy Sladen Expedition, leg. S.J. Sanderson, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Gulf of Guinea: Principe Isl., W. Africa , leg. J.A. Barns, 1 ex., BMNH 1927.4.21.4; Saint Helena Isl. : March 1937, 1.800 ft, leg. P. Gosse, 11 exx., BMNH 1937.4.23.58-67; Sierra Leone: London School of Tropical Medicine, Pres’d by Prof. P.A. Buxter, leg. D. Buvrows, 2 exx., BMNH 1950.4.19.26-27; South Africa: Durban, S.S. Kenya Castle, London , 20/10/1955, found on board after 3 weeks in docks and six weeks after leaving Durban, leg. L.F. Brown, 1 ex., BMNH ?; South Africa: Pretoria , leg. unknown, 1 ex., BMNH 0.10.28.5; Sudan: Tonj, Bahr-el-Shagal Prov. , 1956, leg. E. Daniels, 2 exx., BMNH ?; Sudan: 167 mls S of El Muglad , 10-11/5/1981, leg. M. Ritchie, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Sudan: Anglo- Egyptian Sudan, No. 156, 4/1932, leg. Miss Mary Steele, 1 ex., BMNH 1935.10.17.396; Sudan: Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, No. 202, 4/1932, leg. Miss Mary Steele, 1 ex., BMNH 1935.10.17.395; Sudan: Khartoum, No. 14, 29/8/14, leg. R .C, 3 exx., BMNH?; Sudan: Khartoum, No. 11, leg. unknown, 2 exx., BMNH ?; Sudan: G. R . F. Medani, No. C201, Aug. 1926, leg. W.P.L. Cameron, 4 exx., BMNH ?; Sudan: Medani , in soil, No. C 195, 20/10/25, leg. W.P.L. Cameron, 2 exx., BMNH ?; Sudan: Medani, No. C194, 21/5/23, leg. H.B. Johnson, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Swaziland: Umbuluzi , found in dung, 3/9/1965, leg. R . C.H. Sweeny , 3 exx., BMNH ?; Swaziland: Tambankulu , September 1965, leg. R . C.H. Sweeny , 1 ex., BMNH ?; Tanzania: Kigoma, Tanganyika , Feb. – Mar. 1927, leg. C.L. Christy, 1 ex., BMNH 1928.3.30.24; Tanzania: South Tanganyika , 1950, leg. Dr. A.L. Meikle, 3 exx., BMNH 1952.9.4.11-13; Tanzania: Daressalam, 12/1914, leg. Manning, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Tunisia: Le Kef, No. 2156, alt. 3.000 ft, under stones, leg. unknown, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Zanzibar Isl.: Mkoani , Pemba isl., 13/5/1939, No. 325, leg. R . H.W. Pakenham , 1 ex., BMNH 1950.3.7.70; Zimbabwe: Balla Balla, S . Rhodesia, leg. J. Spencer, 1 ex., BMNH 14.10.21.11-13; Zimbabwe: Matabeleland, S. Rhodesia, B.M. 1926–466, leg. J.S. Jameson, 1 ex., BMNH 1932.11 .14.23. ( Fig. 37 View FIGURE 37 ).
Type locality. India ( Minelli et al. 2006).
General distribution. East Tropical Africa: Kenya (KE), Tanzania ( Zanzibar Isl.) ( TZ), Uganda ( UG); Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad ( TD), Ethiopia ( ET), Somalia (SO), Sudan (SD); Northern Africa: Algeria ( DZ), Egypt ( EG), Morocco (MA), Tunisia ( TN); South Tropical Africa: Angola (AO), Malawi ( MW), Mozambique ( MZ), Zambia (ZM), Zimbabwe ( ZW); Southern Africa: Botswana ( BW), Lesotho ( LS), Namibia (ZA), South Africa (ZA), Swaziland (SZ); West Tropical Africa: Benin (BJ), Burkina Faso ( BF), Gambia (GM), Ghana (GH), Guinea ( GN), Ivory Coast (CI), Liberia (LR), Mali ( ML), Nigeria ( NG), Senegal (SN), Sierra Leone (SL); West- Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon ( CM), Democratic Republic of the Congo ( CD), Gabon (GA), Gulf of Guinea ( Principe Isl.) (ST); Northern America: Florida ( US), Mexico ( MX); Central America: Belize ( BZ), Costa Rica (CR), Panama (PA); Caribbean: Anguilla (AL), Antigua-Barbuda ( AG), Bahamas ( BS), Cayman Islands (KY), Cuba (CU), Curacao ( AN), Dominican Republic (DO), Grenadines ( GD), Guadeloupe ( GP), Haiti ( HT), Jamaica ( JM), Marie Galante ( GP), Martinique (MQ), Montserrat (MS), St.-Barthelemy ( GP), St. Kitts ( KN), St. Vincent ( VC), Trinidad and Tobago ( TT), Turks and Caicos Islands ( TC), US Virgin Islands ( VI); Southern America: Argentina (AR), Brazil ( BR), Colombia (CO), Ecuador ( EC), Fernando Noronha ( BR), French Guiana (GF), Guyana ( GY), Paraguay (PY), Peru (PE), Suriname (SR), Venezuela ( VE); Atlantic Ocean Islands: Canary Islands ( ES), Cape Verde Islands ( CV), St. Helena (SH); Europe: France (FR), Italy ( IT); Asia Temperate: Arabian Peninsula ( Oman ( OM), Yemen ( YE)), China ( CN), Georgia (GE), Iran ( IR), Japan ( JP), Syria (SY), Turkey (TR); Asia Tropical: Bangladesh ( BD), Brunei ( BN), Cambodia ( CH), India ( IN), Indonesia (ID), Laos (LA), Malaysia (MY), Myanmar ( MM), Pakistan ( PK), Philippines ( PH), Sri Lanka ( LK), Taiwan ( TW), Thailand (TH), Vietnam ( VN); Indian Ocean Islands: Comoro Islands ( KM), Madagascar ( MG), Mascarene Islands ( MU), Seychelles (SC); Australasia: Australia (AU), New Zealand ( NZ); Pacific Ocean Islands: Cook Islands ( CK), Micronesia Federated States ( FM), Fiji ( FJ), French Polynesia ( FP), Guam (GU), Kiribati ( KI), New Caledonia ( NC), Northern Marianna Islands ( MP), Papua New Guinea ( PG), Marshall Islands ( MH), Solomon Islands (SB), Tonga (TO), Tuvalu ( TV), Western Samoa (WS) (for review and detailed distribution notes see Shelley et al. 2005).
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Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics |
V |
Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium |
R |
Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile |
UG |
Museo del Departamento de Estratigrafia y Paleontologia |
ET |
East Texas State University |
MW |
Museum Wasmann |
MZ |
Museum of the Earth, Polish Academy of Sciences |
LS |
Linnean Society of London |
ML |
Musee de Lectoure |
CM |
Chongqing Museum |
GP |
Instituto de Geociencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo |
JM |
Jura Museum, Eichstatt |
VI |
Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute |
BR |
Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collection |
CV |
Municipal Museum of Chungking |
OM |
Otago Museum |
CN |
Wellcome Collection of Bacteria, Burroughs Wellcome Research Laboratories |
JP |
Phyletisches Museum Jena |
MM |
University of Montpellier |
KM |
Kotel'nich Museum |
MG |
Museum of Zoology |
MU |
Midwestern University |
FM |
Department of Nature, Fujian Province Museum |
MP |
Mohonk Preserve, Inc. |
MH |
Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel |
TV |
Centro de Estratigrafia e Paleobiologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
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