Scolopendra valida Lucas, 1840

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 : 195

31. Scolopendra valida Lucas, 1840

Collaria morsitans Karsch, 1884 (for further synonyms see Minelli et al. 2006).

Material examined. Eritrea: Wakhiro , 18/1/60, leg. unknown, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Ethiopia: Abyssinia, El Pago , Ogaden, 12 th December 1953, leg. G. Popov, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Sokotra Isl. : Hadibu Plain, September 1956, Oxford University Expedition, leg. unknown, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Sokotra Isl. : Kischen, 20 th September 1956, Oxford University Expedition, leg. unknown, 3 exx., BMNH ?; Sokotra Isl. : Kischen, August 1956, Oxford University Expedition, leg. unknown, 6 exx., BMNH ?; Sokotra Isl. : Kischen, 24 th September 1956, Oxford University Expedition, leg. unknown, 10 exx., BMNH ?; Sokotra Isl. : Kischen, September 1956, 3.080 ft, Oxford University Expedition, leg. unknown, 7 exx., BMNH ?; Sokotra Isl. : Hammadera, 1.100 ft, 7/4/1967, leg. unknown, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Sokotra Isl. : Kischen, various dates, becoming more abundant as rains increase, 2.080 ft, No. 13, leg. unknown, 67 exx., BMNH ?; Somalia: Daghani , 5 miles E. of Bikendula , British Somaliland, 3 Dec. 1929, alt. 600 m, leg. Dr. W.A. Macfadyen, 1 ex., BMNH 1930.12 .8.3. ( Fig. 38 ).

Type locality. Canary Islands (Tenerife and Gomera) ( Minelli et al. 2006) .

General distribution. Macaronesia: Canary Is. ( ES); Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea (ER), Ethiopia ( ET), Sokotra Isl. ( YE) (new region record), Somalia (SO), Sudan (SD); West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon ( CM); Asia Temperate: Oman ( OM), Saudi Arabia ( SA), United Arab Emirates ( AE); Asia Tropical: India ( IN); Western Asia: Iran ( IR) ( Gravely 1910; Minelli et al. 2006).

Remarks. This is the first record from the Socotra archipelago.

Figures

FIGURE 38. Scolopendra oraniensis, S. subspinipes, S. valida and Scolopocryptops ferrugineus, distribution records of specimens from Africa housed in the NHM collection.