Diversity and biogeography of Israeli geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) Author Chipman, Ariel D. Author Dor, Neta Author Bonato, Lucio text Zootaxa 2013 3652 2 232 248 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3652.2.2 0d490ce9-0872-4a4a-8721-ca1a10de1879 1175-5326 219927 B721A1E5-707A-476F-A3E7-E1B0D9559706 Stenotaenia naxia (Verhoeff, 1901) Published records: “Chuldah” [Hulda], “El Muraw” [possibly near Jericho?], “Ramleh”, “Rehobot” [Rehovot], “See Genezareth” [Sea of Galilee] (Verhoeff 1925, sub Geophilus linearis naxius ); ”ha-Masreq” [HaMasreq reserve] (Zapparoli 1995). New records: none. Distribution in Israel : most records are from the southern Judean Plains, and one from near the Sea of Galilee. Average annual temperatures are 18–22˚C and annual precipitations are 450–650 mm ( Figure 3 D). The El Muraw site is not included in the presumptive distribution, due to its uncertain position. Global distribution: the species inhabits the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin, from the Aegean islands to Israel . Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes. S. naxia has been confirmed as a distinct species after a recent revision of the genus Stenotaenia (Bonato & Minelli 2008) . Despite the fact that we could not examine representatives of S. naxia from Israel , published records are accepted as reliable according to the number of legs reported.