Scolopendra oraniensis

16. Scolopendra oraniensis Lucas, 1846

Scolopendra affinis Newp.: Pocock 1894: 164. (1)

Scolopendra oraniensis Luc.: Kraepelin 1903: 246. (2)

Scolopendra oraniensis lusitanica Verh.: Léger and Duboscq 1903: 310. (3)

Scolopendra oraniensis lusitanica Verh.: Verhoeff 1925a: 655. (4)

Scolopendra oraniensis: Brölemann 1926: 232. (5)

Scolopendra oraniensis var. lusitanica Verh.: Verhoeff 1926: 271. (6)

Scolopendra canidens oraniensis H. Luc.: Attems 1930: 36, fig. 50. (7)

Scolopendra canidens, subsp. oraniensis (Lucas, 1846) [sic]: Brölemann 1930: 204. (8)

Scolopendra canidens oraniensis Lucas, 1846: Minelli 1978: 156. (9)

Scolopendra oraniensis Lucas: Würmli 1980: 348, fig. 27. (10)

Scolopendra canidens Newport, 1844 oraniensis (Lucas, 1846) [sic]: Demange 1981: 236. (11)

Scolopendra oraniensis: Lewis 1985: 128, map 2. (12)

Scolopendra oraniensis Lucas, 1846: Foddai et al. 1996: 360, Tab. I. (13)

Scolopendra oraniensis H. Lucas, 1846: Iorio and Geoffroy 2006: 48. (14)

Scolopendra oraniensis Lucas, 1846: Iorio and Geoffroy 2008: 82. (15)

Scolopendra oraniensis: Simaiakis and Mylonas 2008: 42, fig. 1. (16)

Scolopendra oraniensis Lucas, 1846: Geoffroy and Iorio 2009: 681. (17)

Literature records.

General. Sardinia-Corsica (9). Corsica (2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17). Epigeic. Corse-du-Sud, 2A (15) - Ajaccio (1, 3, 14) [I].Sargone [= Sagone], near (6) [I]. Haute-Corse, 2B (15) - Bastia (3, 14) [I]. [Casamiccioli], Cap [di a] Candela (14) [II]. Corte (14) [I]. [Manso], Pirio (14) [I].

Material examined.

Epigeic. Haute-Corse, 2B - Macinaggio, Route du Douanier, low maquis, 30 m: 9.IV.2004, MZ, 2 exx MZ det. (CMZ) [I]. Nebbio, Col Verzu, maquis, 300 m: 12.IV.2004, MZ, 2 exx MZ det. (CMZ) [I].

General distribution.

France (Corsica), Italy (mainland, Sicily, Sardinia), Malta, Portugal (mainland), Spain (mainland, Balearic Is.); North Africa: Algeria, Morocco ( Würmli 1980, Lewis 1985).

Chorotype.

W-Mediterranean.

Ecological notes.

30-300 m; thermophilous species, recorded only from localities in the Mesomediterranean belt, two records from maquis (low maquis, 1 site).

Remarks.

The old record of Scolopendra affinis from Ajaccio (Pocock 1894) is referred to this species according to Attems (1930).