[2][1] This species is notable not only for its small size, reaching only 12 mm in length, but also for the absence of males in all samples collected.

[10] In 1911, Brölemann and Ribaut based the original description of this species on a single female specimen found in the central Pyrenees, in Saint-Béat in the department of Haute-Garonne in France.

[8][9][11] In 1930, Brölemann recorded this species 150 km further north, in the Montague Noire mountain range, in the department of Tarn in France.

[12][11] No more finds were recorded until the 1970 report of the collection of six females and three juveniles in 1968 from two urban sites in the county of Surrey in England.

[11][3] Since then, this species has been recorded in numerous other locations, including sites in southern England, Scotland, Wales,[13] and Ireland,[14] as well as Austria,[15] the Netherlands,[16] and Denmark.

[17] The small size of this species makes this centipede likely to be transported with plants and soil undetected and spread inadvertently by humans.

For example, the small terminal article of the ultimate legs distinguishes S. dentata from similar species, including S. nemorensis, S. armata, and S.