The centipedes (Chilopoda) of Corsica: catalogue of species with faunistic, zoogeographical and ecological remarks
Author
Zapparoli, Marzio
Author
Iorio, Etienne
text
International Journal of Myriapodology
2012
7
15
68
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/ijm.7.3110
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/ijm.7.3110
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24.
Schendyla incubationum Verhoeff, 1943
Schendyla incubationum
Verhoeff 1943
: 12, figs 15, 16. (1)
Schendyla incubationum
Verh.:
Attems 1947
: 83. (2)
Schendyla incubationum
Verhoeff, 1943:
Foddai et al. 1996
: 361, Tab. I. (3)
Schendyla incubationum
Verhoeff, 1943:
Geoffroy and Iorio 2009
: 684. (4)
Literature records.
General. Corsica (3, 4). Epigeic. Haute-Corse, 2B - Popaja [= Popaghje] (1, 2, loc. typ. of
Schendyla incubationum
Verhoeff, 1943) [III].
Material examined.
Epigeic. Corse-du-Sud, 2A - Evisa, falls of Aitone, 1000 m: 3.VIII.1997, MZ, 1 ex 15 mm long, 45 lp MZ det. (CMZ) [II]. N Ajaccio, S Sagone, (code 74-11): 30.IX.1974, KT, 1 ex 10 mm long, 45 lp MZ det. (NHMW) [I]. S Ajaccio, Porto Pollo, approx 15 m, (code 74-15): 2.X.1974, KT, 1 ex mutilated in two segments 10+4 mm long, 43 lp MZ det. (NHMW) [I]. Haute-Corse, 2B - Corte, Col
de
Vizzavona,
Fagus sylvatica
wood, 1160-1480 m, (code 74-13): 1.X.1974, KT, 1 ex 10 mm long, 47 lp MZ det. (NHMW) [III].
General distribution.
Corsica (
Geoffroy and Iorio 2009
).
Chorotype.
Corsican endemic, uncertain affinities.
Ecological notes.
15-1480 m; recorded from Mesomediterranean to Montane belts but only one ecological record from
Fagus sylvatica
woodland is known.
Remarks.
The identity of this species, known only from its type material, a female 11 mm long with 47 leg pairs and immature specimens has never been re-assessed. The material examined is tentatively assigned to this species.