Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815

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

30. Scolopendra subspinipes Leach, 1815

Otostigmus politoides Attems, 1953 (for further synonyms see Minelli et al. 2006).

Material examined. Gulf of Guinea: São Tomé Isl., Angola, 17/8/1949, leg. I.L.J. Galbraith, 1 ex., BMNH 1950.3.7.137; Gulf of Guinea: Principe Isl., W. Africa, 8 Dec. 1932, Percy Sladen Memorial and Godman Exploration, leg. W.H. T . Tams, 1 ex., BMNH 1933.8.30.238; Gulf of Guinea: Principe Isl., W. Africa, 15/12/1932, Percy Sladen Memorial and Godman Exploration, leg. W.H. T . Tams, 1 ex., BMNH 1933.12.13.47; Seychelles Isl.: Chilopoda, leg. W.H. T . Tams, 4 exx., BMNH ?. ( Fig. 38 ).

Type locality. Not designated ( Minelli et al. 2006).

General distribution. East Tropical Africa: Zanzibar Isl. ( TZ); West Tropical Africa: Ivory Coast (CI), Liberia (LR); West-Central Tropical Africa: Gulf of Guinea ( São Tomé Isl., Principe Isl.) (ST); Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar ( MG), Mauritius ( MU), Réunion (RE), Rodrigues ( MU), Seychelles (SC); Asia Temperate: China ( CN), including Hong Kong ( HK), Japan ( JP), Korea (KO), Russia (Maritime Province) (RU) (see Zalesskaja and Schileyko 1992: 370); Asia Tropical: Andaman Is. ( IN), Irian Jaya (ID), Laos (LA), peninsular Malaysia (MY), Nicobar Is. ( IN), Philippines ( PH), Sarawak (MY), Singapore (SG), Sri Lanka ( LK), Sulawesi (ID), Sumatra (ID), Taiwan ( TW), Thailand (TH), Vietnam ( VN); Pacific Ocean Islands: Hawaii ( US) (see Shelley 2000); Southern America (presumably introduced): Bermuda ( BM), Brazil ( BR), Caribbean islands (see Shelley 2002: 39), Panama (PA), French Guiana (GF), Guyana ( GY), Surinam (SR), Colombia (CO) ( Shelley 2002; Minelli et al. 2006; Lewis 2010; Kronmüller 2012).

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