Scolopendra morsitans

Distribution in Tunisia (Map 2). Known from the Subhumid and Semiarid bioclimatic zones. Comparatively rare species, found in northeastern Tunisia only – Cap Bon Peninsula, Jebel Zaghouan, Jebel El Fahs and near Siliana. The species has been reported also from Medjez-el-Bab (Attems 1902), Tunis and its surroundings (Brölemann 1904) and Jebel Serdj (Dobroruka 1968). Altitudinal range in Tunisia. Known from sea level up to approx. 600 m.

Sumber: The scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) of Tunisia: taxonomy, distribution and habitats

Habitats. Coniferous forests dominated by P. halepensis, mixed woods of Q. coccifera and Rosmarinus officinalis; garrigue with Cistus monspeliensis, Pistacia lentiscus, Lavandula sp.; also found in open coastal areas.

Sumber: The scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha) of Tunisia: taxonomy, distribution and habitats

Ecology in Martinique. Eurytopic at very low altitudes only. Range (after Lewis 2010: 107). USA (Florida), Mexico, Central and South America, Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Australia, islands of Atlantic, Indian and western and central Pacific Oceans. Frequently introduced. European citations are dubious.

Sumber: A synthesis on the scolopendromorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) of Martinique, with description of Cryptops (Trigonocryptops) amicitia n. sp. and new data on some Neotropical scolopendromorphs