Otostigmus (Otostigmus) spinicaudus (Newport,1844)
Otostigmus (Otostigmus) spinicaudus (Newport,1844)
Original description: Newport G. (1844). A list of the species of Myriapoda order Chilopoda contained in the cabinets of the British Museum with synoptic descriptions of forty-seven new species - Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13: 94-101, see p. 98.
Order: Scolopendromorpha
Family: Scolopendridae
Original rank: species
Original genus: Scolopendra Linnaeus, 1758
Type locality: Libya, Tripoli
Synonym(s):
Subspecies:
- Otostigmus spinicaudus ghiblanus Manfredi, 1935
- Otostigmus spinicaudus latispinus Manfredi, 1939
- Otostigmus spinicaudus spinicaudus (Newport, 1844)
Last taxonomic scrutiny: Akkari A., Stoev P. & Lewis J. G. E. (2008). The scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) of Tunisia; taxonomy, distribution and habitats - ZooKeys, 3: 77-102.
Distribution:
-- within Africa: Algeria; Canary Is.; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
