Scolopendra canidens Newport, 1844

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

25. Scolopendra canidens Newport, 1844

Scolopendra affinis Newport, 1844 (for further synonyms see Minelli et al. 2006).

Material examined. Algeria: Laghouat, 4-11/4/1911, leg. Lord Rothschild, 2 exx., BMNH 1931.1.28.2-3; Libya: Benghazi, December 1943, received through Dr. Malcolm Smith, leg. unknown, 1 ex., BMNH 1943.12.3.11; Libya: Boherat, Gulf of Sirte, J.A.L. Cooke collection North Africa , on his way to Tanganyika , under stone on sand, near beach, 7/2/1960, No. 2069, leg. J.A.L. Cooke., 1 ex., BMNH ?; Morocco: Ahaggar Mtns., leg. R . Meinertzhagen , 10 exx., BMNH ?. ( Fig. 36 ).

Type locality. Egypt ( Minelli et al. 2006).

General distribution. Northern Africa: Algeria ( DZ), Egypt ( EG), Libya ( LY), Morocco (MA), Tunisia ( TN); Caucasus: Armenia ( AM), Azerbaijahn (AZ); Central Asia: Tadzhikistan ( TJ), Turkmenistan ( TM), Uzbekistan ( UZ); Western Asia: Iran ( IR), Palestine (PA), Turkey (TR); Southeastern Europe: Greece (GR), Italy ( IT) ( Zapparoli 2002; Minelli et al. 2006; Akkari et al. 2008; Simaiakis and Mylonas 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.