Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829

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 : 191

26. Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829

Rhombocephalus parvus Newport, 1845 (for further synonyms see Minelli et al. 2006).

Material examined. Egypt: collected in Sinai, 1916–1917, received 19.11.1968, from Dr. Newton, Director Molteno Institute Cambridge (see 68/804/7), leg. Dr. C. Searle, 3 exx., BMNH ?; Morocco: Sandhurst Goulimine, Expedition to Morocco, leg. Peter D. McCall, 1 ex., BMNH ?. ( Fig. 36 ).

Type locality. Unavailable reference ( Minelli et al. 2006).

General distribution. Northern Africa: Egypt ( EG), Libya ( LY), Morocco (MA), Tunisia ( TN); Middle Asia: Tadzhikistan ( TJ); Western Asia: Cyprus ( CY), Iran ( IR), Iraq ( IQ), Israel ( IL), Jordan ( JO), Lebanon ( LB), Syria (SY), Turkey (TR); Eastern Europe: Moldova ( MD), Ukraine ( UA); Middle Europe: Austria ( AT), Hungary (HU); Southeastern Europe: Albania (AL), Bosnia-Herzegovina ( YU), Bulgaria (BG), Croatia (HR), Greece (GR), Italy ( IT), FYR Macedonia ( MK), Malta ( MT), Romania (RO), San Marino ( SM), Sicily ( IT), Turkey-in-Europe (TR); Southwestern Europe: France (FR), Portugal ( PT), Spain ( ES) ( Lewis 2001b; Zapparoli 2002; Minelli et al. 2006; Simaiakis and Mylonas 2008).

Remarks. Although there are numerous records of S. cingulata from Maghreb (for further discussion see Akkari et al. 2008), and the species is also reported to occur on islands close to Tunisia (e.g., Pantelleria and Lampedusa; see Zapparoli 1995), still old records from Tunisia are considered to be dubious ( Akkari et al. 2008).

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FIGURE 36. Scolopendra afer, S. canidens and S. cingulata, distribution records of specimens from Africa housed in the NHM collection.