Scolopendra cretica Lucas, 1853
Scolopendra cretica Lucas, 1853
Original description: Lucas H. (1853). Essai sur les animaux articulés qui habitent l'ile de Crète - Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée , 5(2): 418-424, 461-468, 514-531, 565-576, see p. 529.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Original rank: varietas
Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758
Type locality: Crete: Canea, Daphnaes, Visari, Galos, Homalos, & Askiphu
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Würmli, M. (1980). Statistische Unterschungen zur Systematik und postembryonalen Entwicklung des Scolopendra canidens Gruppe (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) - Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 189: 315-353, see p. 350.
Distribution:
-- within Africa: Libya
-- within Asia-Temperate: Turkey
-- within Europe: Kriti
Notes: Lewis (2010) notes that male S. canidens and S. cretica are apparently indistinguishable.
