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) Author Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail Natural History Museum of Crete, University of Crete, Knossos Av., Herakleion 71409, Crete, Greece. ssimaiakis@yahoo.com Author Edgecombe, Gregory D. Department of Earth Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, United Kingdom. text Zootaxa 2013 2013-11-05 3734 2 169 198 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3734.2.5 1175-5326 5275595 36ED88E6-2CEB-4071-8429-A39901B8B9BF 29. Scolopendra oraniensis Lucas, 1846 Scolopendra mediterranea Verhoeff, 1893 (for further synonyms see Minelli et al . 2006 ). Material examined. Algeria : Helvani, near Oran Algeria , under stones, February, 4 th 1954, leg. unknown, 2 exx., BMNH ?. ( Fig. 38 ). Type locality. Algeria (vicinities of Algiers and of Oran , ravines of the Cercle de la Calle ) ( Minelli et al . 2006 ) . General distribution. Northern Africa: Algeria ( DZ ), Morocco (MA); Western Asia: Iran ( IR ); Southeastern Europe: Italy ( IT ), Malta ( MT ); Southwestern Europe: Corsica (FR), Portugal ( PT ), Spain ( ES ) ( Minelli et al . 2006 ; Simaiakis and Mylonas 2008 ).