Scolopendra oraniensis Lucas, 1846
Scolopendra oraniensis Lucas, 1846
Original description: Lucas H. (1846). Note sur quelques nouvelles espèces d'insectes qui habitent les possessions francaises du Nord de l'Afrique - Revue Zoologique, 9: 283-289, see p. 287.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758
Type locality: Algeria, vicinities of Algiers and of Oran, ravines of the Cercle de la Calle
Synonym(s):
Subspecies:
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. 348.
Distribution:
-- within Africa: Algeria; Morocco; Tunisia
-- within Asia-Temperate: Iran
-- within Europe: Corse; Italy; Malta; Portugal; Sardegna; Sicilia; Spain
-- within Southern America: Dominican Republic; Haiti; Venezuela
Notes: Treated as a subspecies of Scolopendra canidens Newport, 1844 by some authors. Introduced into Japan.
