Ethmostigmus trigonopodus ( Leach, 1817 )

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 : 173-174

6. Ethmostigmus trigonopodus ( Leach, 1817)

Dacetum capense C.L. Koch, 1847 (for further synonyms see Minelli et al. 2006).

Material examined. Angola: Roca Congulu, Amboim district , 700–800 m, April 1934, leg. Dr. K. Jordan, 2 exx., BMNH 1934.12.4.254; Ghana: Gold Coast, Imperial Bureau of Entomology , leg. A.W.J. Pomeroy, 2 exx., BMNH 1929.9.4.19; Ghana: Gold Coast, West Africa , leg. S.J. Woodward, 1 ex., BMNH 1934.5.17.7-11; Ghana: Achimoto , Gold Coast, 27/5/1938, leg. C. Woodhouse, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Malawi: Nyasaland, received 1959, leg. R . C.H. Sweeney , 1 ex., BMNH ?; Malawi: Lake Nyassa, Likoma Isl., London School of Tropical Medicine , Pres’d by Prof. P.A. Buxter, leg. R . Howard , 1 ex., BMNH 1950.4.19.28-29; Malawi: Zomba, Nyasaland, leg. J. R . Lennon , 1 ex., BMNH 1950.3.9.3; Malawi: Zomba, Nyasaland, No. 7, leg. J. R . Lennon , 1 ex., BMNH 1934.5.16.10; Malawi: Zomba, Nyasaland, M. 20, 29/1/63, leg. R . C.H. Sweeney , 1 ex., BMNH ?; Malawi: Nyasaland, received 1959, leg. R . C.H. Sweeney , 1 ex., BMNH ?; Mozambique: Morrumbene (Inhambane), Ecological Survey ( University of Cape Town ), Jan. 1954, leg. unknown, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Mozambique: Magoe (River?) (flows into Zambesi ), leg. F. Darling, 2 exx., BMNH 1899.1 .15.39 / BMNH 1899.3.7.87-91; Mozambique: Lumbo, Port East Africa , 30/7/1918, leg. A. Laveridge, 9 exx., BMNH ?; Nigeria: Sapele, June 1928, London School of Tropical Medicine , Pres’d by Prof. P.A. Buxter, leg. V . B. Wigglesworth , 1 ex., BMNH 1950.4.19.36; Nigeria: N. Nigeria, London School of Tropical Medicine, Pres’d by Prof. P.A. Buxter, leg. Dr. W.B. Johnson, 5 exx., BMNH 1950.4.19.30-35; Nigeria: Ekuri Beach, Obubra distr. , S . Nigeria, 23/6/1933, 200’ (366 IN), under logs, Percy Sladen Trust Expedition, leg. I. T . Sanderson , 1 ex., BMNH ?; Senegal: Entom. 329, leg. S.J. Chambers, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Sierra Leone: Njala , taken in the house, 1927, leg. E. Hargreaves, 1 ex., BMNH 1933.2.14.1; Somalia: Berbera, Somaliland , 3.000 –4.000 ft, leg. G.W. Bury, 1 ex., BMNH 06.3.25.210-224; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula , loc. Kasoge, No. 562, 2.550 ft, 10/9/59, habitat: on ground in camp, leg. unknown, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula , loc. Kasoge, No. 5, 2.550 ft, 13/7/59, habitat: base camp on old beach level, leg. unknown, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula , loc. Kasoge, No. 572, 2.550 ft, 4/9/59, habitat: cleared ground in camp, leg. R . M.H., 1 ex., BMNH ?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula, loc. Kasoge , No. 626, 2.550 ft, 20/9/59, habitat: on floor of Zoo. Dept., leg. unknown, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition , Kigoma, 20/ 10/59, habitat: in Boma, leg. J.A.C., 1 ex., BMNH ?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula , loc. Kasoge, No. 298, 2.550 ft, 19/8/59, leg. Purchased, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula, loc. Kasoge , No. 447, 2.550 ft, 27/8/59, leg. J.A.C., 1 ex., BMNH ?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula, loc. Kapalagulu , No. 559, 2.650 ft, 1/9/59, leg. J.W. - R .H., 2 exx., BMNH?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula, loc. Kasoge Camp , No. 1, 2.550 ft, 19/8/59, habitat: running on ground, leg. J.A.C., 1 ex., BMNH ?; Tanzania: 2 nd Oxford University Tanganyika Expedition, Mahali Peninsula , loc. Kasoge Camp, No. 190, 2.550 ft, 6/ 8/59, leg. Rejabu, 1 ex., BMNH ?; Tanzania: Kigoma, Tanganyika, No. 595, received 18/5/1927, leg. C.L. Christy & S. R . B. Pask , 1 ex., BMNH 1928.4.24.14; Tanzania (Zanzibar Isl.): Jambiani , 18/12/1939, No. 158, leg. R . H.W. Pakenham , 1 ex., BMNH 1950.3.7.72; Uganda: Lake Rudolf, mouth of Kaliokwel River, Cambridge Expedition to East African Lakes 1931, leg. E.B. Worthington, 1 ex., BMNH 1934.2.15.151-154; Zimbabwe: Balla Balla, S . Rhodesia, leg. J. Spencer, 6 exx., BMNH 14.10.21.11-13; Zimbabwe: E. Mashonaland, The Devilo Paso , Nov. 1897, leg. unknown, 1 ex., BMNH 99.5 .4.103. ( Fig. 3 ).

Type locality. Unavailable reference ( Minelli et al. 2006).

General distribution. East Tropical Africa: Tanzania, incl. Zanzibar ( TZ), Uganda ( UG); Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia ( ET); Sudan (SD); Northern Africa: Algeria ( DZ); Southern Africa: South Africa (ZA); South Tropical Africa: Angola (AO); Malawi ( MW), Mozambique ( MZ), Zimbabwe ( ZW); West-Central Tropical Africa: Congo ( CG); West Tropical Africa: Benin (BJ), Ghana (GH), Nigeria ( NG), Senegal (SN), Togo ( TG); Western Asia: Turkey (TR); Asia Tropical: West Nepal ( NP), Witu Isl. ( PG) ( Schileyko and Stagl 2004; Minelli et al. 2006).

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FIGURE 3. Ethmostigmus trigonopodus, distribution records of specimens from Africa housed in the NHM collection.