Scolopendra valida Lucas, 1840

Scolopendra valida Lucas, 1840: 49

Literature records. Pocock (1895): 3 ex., Bushehr (Bushehr Province) (as Scolopendra valida persica) ; 2 ex., Jask (Hormozgan Province) (as Scolopendra valida persica). Vazirianzadeh et al. (2007): 2 ex., Ahwaz ( Khozestan Province) .

Distribution: from Africa, through the Arabian Peninsula, to Iran.

Notes. Scolopendra valida persica Pocock, 1895, which was originally introduced as a variety, was synonymized with Scolopendra valida Lucas, 1840 by Kraepelin (1903). The true identity of the species reported by Vazirianzadeh et al. (2007) cannot be evaluated, as no morphological diagnostic characters were provided.