The current known distribution of Mimops orientalis. Two main record localities were in Shaanxi and Henan provinces, China, indicated by a red dot and a green pentagon, respectively; the red dot perhaps indicates the type locality.

 
 
  Part of: Jiang C, Bai Y, Shi M, Liu J (2020) Rediscovery and phylogenetic relationships of the scolopendromorph centipede Mimops orientalis Kraepelin, 1903 (Chilopoda): a monotypic species of Mimopidae endemic to China, for more than one century. ZooKeys 932: 75-91. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.932.51461