Scolopendra oraniensis Lucas, 1846

Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail & Edgecombe, Gregory D., 2013, Scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) in the Natural History Museum (London): A review of the hitherto unidentified species collected in Africa, with remarks on taxonomy and distribution, and a new species of Otostigmus (Parotostigmus), Zootaxa 3734 (2), pp. 169-198 : 194

29. Scolopendra oraniensis Lucas, 1846

Scolopendra mediterranea Verhoeff, 1893 (for further synonyms see Minelli et al. 2006).

Material examined. Algeria: Helvani, near Oran Algeria, under stones, February, 4 th 1954, leg. unknown, 2 exx., BMNH?. ( Fig. 38 ).

Type locality. Algeria (vicinities of Algiers and of Oran, ravines of the Cercle de la Calle) ( Minelli et al. 2006) .

General distribution. Northern Africa: Algeria ( DZ), Morocco (MA); Western Asia: Iran ( IR); Southeastern Europe: Italy ( IT), Malta ( MT); Southwestern Europe: Corsica (FR), Portugal ( PT), Spain ( ES) ( Minelli et al. 2006; Simaiakis and Mylonas 2008).

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FIGURE 38. Scolopendra oraniensis, S. subspinipes, S. valida and Scolopocryptops ferrugineus, distribution records of specimens from Africa housed in the NHM collection.