Scolopendra valida Lucas, 1840
Scolopendra valida Lucas, 1840
Original description: Lucas H. (1840). Arachnides, Myriapodes et Thysanoures. - In: Webb P.B., Berhelot S. (eds.), Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries. Entomologie, II, 2e partie - Dumeril, Paris, 119 pp., 7+1 tt., see p. 49.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758
Type locality: Canary Islands. The details are unknown as the reference is unobtainable, but Attems (ibid.) cites Tenerife and Gomera
Synonym(s):
- Scolopendra angusta Lucas, 1840
- Collaria morsitans Karsch, 1884
- Scolopendra valida balfouri Pocock, 1896
- Scolopendra valida deserticola Pocock, 1896
- Scolopendra valida persica Pocock, 1896
- Scolopendra valida simonyi Attems, 1902
Subspecies:
- Scolopendra valida balfouri Pocock, 1896
- Scolopendra valida deserticola Pocock, 1896
- Scolopendra valida persica Pocock, 1896
- Scolopendra valida simonyi Attems, 1902
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Lewis J.G.E. (1967). The scolopendromorph centipedes of the Sudan with remarks on taxonomic characters in the Scolopendridae - Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 178: 185-207, see p. 187.
Distribution:
-- within Africa: Cameroon; Canary Is.; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Somalia; Sudan
-- within Asia-Temperate: Iran; Oman; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates
Notes: Recorded also from St. Helena, but doubtful.
