A preliminary annotated checklist of Chilopoda from Iraq Author Dyachkov, Yurii V. 0000-0001-9256-9306 Altai State University, Lenin Avenue, 61, Barnaul 656049 Russia. & Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin Ave., Tomsk, 634050, Russia. E-mail: dyachkov 793 @ mail. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9256 - 9306 Author Ali Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A. Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Thi-Qar, Thi-Qar, 64001, Iraq. E-mail: ghassanadnan. bio @ utq. edu. iq; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4931 - 855 X Author Mohammed Al-Khazali, Azhar M. Department of sciences, College of Basic Education, University of Sumer, Thi-Qar, Iraq. E-mail: azhararach @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7268 - 696 X text Ecologica Montenegrina 2023 2023-06-29 63 59 78 http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.63.6 journal article 10.37828/em.2023.63.6 2336-9744 13246159 Scolopendra valida Lucas, 1840 Type locality: “ Canary Islands ( Tenerife and Gomera )” ( Simaiakis & Edgecombe 2013 ) . Scolopendra valida Brolemann 1922: 57 ; Chamberlin 1944: 185 ; Lewis 1986a: 1086 ; 1996: 143 ; 2001: 153 ; Simaiakis & Edgecombe 2013: 195 ; Zarei et al . 2020: 143 . Material. 1 ad. ( ZMMU Rc 7988), Iraq , DO, Chiaye-Dairy Mt. Range , northern slope, Rogarm River Valley , left side, 17 km SE from 17 km E from Zakho City , N37°02'59" , E42°52'05" , stony maquis shrubland, 560–600 m , 28.IV.2017 , coll. AF . Previous records. Wasit : [WA1] ( Brolemann 1922 ), Nineveh: [ NI 1] ( Chamberlin 1944 ), and Sulaymaniyah : [ SU 2] ( Lewis 1986a , 2001 ) provinces. Distribution. From Cameroon to India ; Canary Isl. ( Simaiakis & Edgecombe 2013 ).