The centipedes of Peloponnisos and first records of genus Eurygeophilus in the East Mediterranean (Myriapoda: Chilopoda)
Author
Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail
Author
Akkari, Nesrine
Author
Zapparoli, Marzio
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Zootaxa
2016
2016-01-08
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8.
Lithobius
(
Lithobius
)
erythrocephalus
C.L. Koch, 1847
(1)
L. erythrocephalus
C. K. [sic!]:
Verhoeff, 1901
: 452.
(2)
Lithobius erythrocephalus
C.L. K.:
Kanellis, 1959
: 23 (pars).
(3)
Lithobius
(
Lithobius
)
erythrocephalus
C.L. Koch
:
Zapparoli, 1994
: 38.
(4)
Lithobius erythrocephalus cronebergii
Sseliwanoff
: Eason in
Lewis, 1996
: 155.
(5)
Lithobius
(
Lithobius
)
erythrocephalus
C.L. Koch, 1847
:
Zapparoli, 2002
: 23,
Fig. 8
.
General distribution.
Europe:
Albania
,
Austria
,
Belarus
,
Bosnia Herzegovina
,
Bulgaria
,
Croatia
,
Czech Republic
,
Denmark
,
Finland
,
France
, FYR
Macedonia
,
Germany
,
Greece
(incl. Crete),
Hungary
,
Iceland
,
Italy
(incl. Sicily),
Latvia
,
Lithuania
,
Luxembourg
,
Monaco
,
Montenegro
,
Netherlands
,
Norway
,
Poland
,
Romania
,
Russia
,
Serbia
,
Slovakia
,
Slovenia
,
Sweden
,
Switzerland
,
Ukraine
. West Asia:
Armenia
,
Azerbaijan
,
Georgia
,
Iran
,
Jordan
,
Lebanon
,
Turkey
(
Zapparoli 2002
; Minelli
et al.
2006).
Chorotype.
European (EUR).
Records in Peloponnisos
(
Fig. 4
). Ahaia: Lapas (1, 2, 5); Patra, near University (3, 5); Aroania Ori,
1800– 2200 m
(3, 5); Aroania Ori, near Likouria (3, 5); Erimanthos,
1560–1570 m
(5); Erimanthos, top,
2240 m
(3, 5); near Kalavrita (4, 5). Argolida: Tirintha (1, 2, 5). Arkadia: Levidi, Menalon Ski Resort (5); Oros Menalon, Vitina (3, 5); Tripoli (1, 2, 5). Ilia: Lambia, Chrisopigi (5); Oros Foloi, Lalas,
790 m
(5). Korinthfa: Oros Killini,
1500 m
(3, 5); Oros Killini, Ziria, NE slope,
1600–2100 m
(3, 5). Lakonia: Parnonas, between Vamvakou and the refuge,
1420 m
(3, 5); Taigetos, near refuge (5). Messinia: Kalamata (1, 2, 5); Meligalas, Vassiliko (5).
New records from Mt. Parnonas
(
Fig. 4
) 3 exx., Arkadia, Stravorachi, west of Kastanitsa (loc. 5),
1485 m
,
N37.238169
/
E22.610705
,
26 Oct. 2014
; 1 ex., Arkadia, Kastanitsa west, Xeromoukalo stream (loc. 6),
1235 m
,
N37.25273
/
E22.628614
,
26 Oct. 2014
; 1 ex., Arkadia, Agios Ioannis Theologos church, mountain refuge (loc. 19),
1610 m
,
N37.226653
/
E22.591896
,
29 Oct. 2014
; 2 exx., Arkadia, Kastanitsa to Parnonas refuge, crossroad to Agios Vasileios (loc. 21),
1560 m
,
N37.224316
/
E22.616548
,
29 Oct. 2014
; 1 ex., Arkadia, Moni Elonis (loc. 32),
555 m
,
N37.146186
/
E22.768643
,
30 Apr. 2015
; 1 ex., Arkadia, Parnonas mountain refuge to Agios Vasileios,
2 km
SW of the refuge (loc. 36),
1570 m
,
N37.225902
/
E22.62279
,
1 May 2015
.
Ecological notes.
0–2900 m
; an euriecious species, recorded in open
Quercus coccifera
,
Juniperus
sp. and
Paliurus spinachristi
scrubs, in broadleaved thermomesophilous woods, in
Platanus
and
Alnus
riparian woods, in
Abies cephalonica
,
Pinus nigra
,
Fagus sylvatica
forests, in montane open habitats, in wetlands, in caves, in anthropized habitats, and in agroecosystems (
Chamberlin 1956
;
Dobroruka 1965
;
Matic & Stavropoulos 1988
;
Zapparoli 1994
).
Remarks.
According to
Zapparoli (2002)
the populations from Peloponnisos belong to the nominal subspecies; Eason in
Lewis (1996)
assigned one record from near Kalavrita (Ahaia) to
L. e. cronebergii
Sseliwanoff, 1881
.