Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758

Cupul-Magaña, Fabio Germán, 2010, An annotated list of the centipedes (Chilopoda) in the National Collection of Arachnids, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Insecta Mundi 2010 (125), pp. 1-10 : 4

Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758

Type locality. India, with no more information.

Exemplars examined. Baja California Sur: Puerto Escondido , 18/I/1992, coll. W. López-Forment, 4 exs. Estado de México: Los Reyes Iztacala, 21/V/2001, coll. E. Hernández, 1 ex. ; Bonsencheve Nacional Park, municipality of Villa de Allende, 28/III/2002, 3000 m elev., pine forest, colls. G. Medina, P. Martínez, O. Delgado, E. González , 1 ex., (new state record). Distrito Federal: botanical garden, Ciudad Universitaria , 2/VIII/1971, coll. C. R. Beutelspacher, 1 ex. ; Instituto de Biología offices, 14/IV/ 2009, 1 ex., (new state record). Oaxaca: Dominguillo, 25/XI/1997, coll. J.L. Castelo, 2 exs., (new state record) .

Geographical distribution (includes both indigenous and introduced occurrences). Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Atlantic Ocean Islands, Australia, Belize, Caribbean Islands ( Anguilla, Antigua, Bahamas, Barbuda, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenadines, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Marie Galante, Martinique, Montserrat, Nevis, Puerto Rico, St.-Barthélemy, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, US Virgin Islands), Costa Rica, Europe, India, Indian Ocean Islands, Indonesia, Japan, México, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, Panama, Philippines, South America ( Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Venezuela), Taiwan, and USA (Florida) ( Shelley et al. 2005).

Distribution in México. Baja California Sur, Colima, Distrito Federal, Estado de México, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Yucatán, Cayo Arenas, Gulf of México ( Shelley et al. 2005; unpublished data).