Family Scutigeridae Gervais, 1837

Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Scolopendra coleoptrata Linnaeus, 1758: 638 .

Type locality: “Habitat in Hispania ”.

Type: whereabouts unknown.

Material examined: The MNHN houses specimens identified by H. Lucas, H.W. Brolemann, J.­M. Demange, M. Würmli and J.­J. Geoffroy from the following localities: ALGERIA: Bona; Miliana; ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires; CANARY ISLANDS: Grand Canaria Island: Las Palmas; Tenerife Island; CROATIA: Abbazia; FRANCE: Alpes­Maritimes: Menton, Borigo, La Caunet­de­Cannes; Ardèche: Grotte de la Vierge, Grotte de Tourange; Bouches­du­Rhône: La Crau près d'Arles; Calvados: Honfleur; Charente: Le Plantier; Cher: Ainay­le­Vieil, Bourges, Osmery, St­Amand­Montrond; Drôme: Le Poët­ Laval; Essonne: Epinay­sous­Sénart; Etampes, “B­ou de Vitte”; Gard, Pont du Gard; Gers; Hauts­de­Seine: Meudon, Sable des Carrières; Loire­Atlantique: Le Pouliguen; Nièvre: Corbigny; Pyrénées­Atlantiques: Pau (in houses); Hautes­Pyrénées: near grotte de Doulas St­Pé­de­Bigorre; Pyrénées­Orientales: Thuis, Banyuls­sur­Mer (Laboratory), Terge­de­ Sorede; Seine: Paris and suburbs; Var: French Riviera Coast; Vaucluse: Avignon; Vendée: Saint Michel­en­Lherm; [unknown department]: Ruine, Bourdeaux; [unknown department]: Ruine la Beconne; [unknown department]: Ruissol; IRAN: Perse: Mechedissav; ITALY: Romagna: Santa Sofia, Meldola (Forlì); Lombardia: San Giovanni, Cremona; Milano; Alzate; LEBANON: Broumana; MADEIRA: Rabasal; MONACO; MOROCCO: Tanger; ROMANIA: Dobroudja: Macin Iglitza, Mangalia; SPAIN: Lomo de Bas­Anglais; Rozaelo de Calatrava; SOUTH AFRICA: " Colonie du Cap " [now Cape Province]: East London, Steynsburg; TUNISIA: Tunis; USA: New York City.

New record: ALGERIA: 2 ad. FF, Bougie and its environs, Duruy leg., 1902.

General distribution: Europe: Albania. Austria. Azerbaijan. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bulgaria. Channel Isles (introduction?). Croatia (incl. Cherso Is). Czech Republic (Morava). France (South, incl. Corsica, synanthropic in Middle and North). Georgia. Germany (South). Greece (incl. Aegean and Ionian islands). Hungary (South). Italy (incl. Sicily, Sardinia). Malta. Monaco. Montenegro. Portugal (incl. Madeira). Republic of Macedonia. Romania. Russia. Salvage Islands. Serbia. Slovak Republic. Slovenia. Spain (incl. Balearic and Canary islands). Switzerland. Ukraine. Asia: Iran. Iraq. Israel. Jordan. Lebanon. Palestine. Syria. Turkey. Turkmenistan. Africa: Algeria. Egypt. Libya. Morocco. Tunisia. Introduced: Angola. Argentina. Bermudas: St. David’s Is. Cameroon. Canada. Cape Verde Islands. Denmark. Kenya. Mexico. Mozambique. Republic of South Africa. Saint Helena Island. Taiwan. Tanzania. The Netherlands. UK: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Uruguay. USA. Vietnam. Zimbabwe. Probably Introduced: Azores.