The centipede fauna (Chilopoda) of the island of Cyprus, with one new lithobiomorph species
Author
Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail
Author
Zapparoli, Marzio
Author
Minelli, Alessandro
Author
Bonato, Lucio
text
Zootaxa
2013
3647
2
279
306
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.3
af04e66e-ba7a-4693-a29d-e22d476e9897
1175-5326
220527
261ED5D1-C200-413D-B189-B4E0C41744DB
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Dignathodon microcephalus
(Lucas, 1846)
Material examined:
10 3, 10
ƤƤ.
Sites:
32, 55, 78, 79, 121, 146 (
Fig. 17
).
General distribution.
Europe:
Albania
,
Austria
,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
,
Bulgaria
,
Croatia
,
Czech Republic
,
France
(mainland,
Corsica
),
Greece
(mainland, Crete, Cyclades,
Dodecanese
),
Italy
(mainland, Sicily, Sardinia),
Luxembourg
(introduced?),
Montenegro
,
Portugal
,
Romania
,
Serbia
,
Slovak Republic
,
Spain
(mainland, Balearic Isl.),
Ukraine
(Crimea); North Africa:
Algeria
,
Morocco
,
Tunisia
; West Asia:
Cyprus
,
Israel
,
Jordan
,
Syria
,
Turkey
(Brölemann 1921, 1930, 1932; Attems 1929; Machado 1952; Dobroruka 1956; Matic 1972; Negrea & Matic 1973; Zapparoli 1991, 1995, 1999; Kos 1992; Foddai
et al
. 1995, 1996; Stoev 1997; Simaiakis
et al
. 2005).
Chorotype.
Mediterranean.
Habitats.
Phryganic formations, fields with
Ceratonia
, pastures, patches with
Pinus
.
Altitudinal range:
20–1000 m
.
Range of leg pairs recorded in
Cyprus
.
67–75 (3) and 73–77 (ƤƤ).