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 Scutigera Lamarck, 1801 * Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758) Material examined: 3 3, 1 Ƥ, 2 unsexed, 3 larvae Sites: 14, 71, 84, 89, 143, 159 ( Fig. 2 ). General distribution. Europe: Albania , Austria , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia (including Cherso Is.), Czech Republic , France (mainland, Corsica ), Germany (southern), Greece (mainland, Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese ), southern Hungary , Italy (mainland, Sicily, Sardinia), FYR Macedonia , Malta , Montenegro , Portugal (mainland), Romania , Russia , Serbia , Slovak Republic , Slovenia , Spain (mainland, Balearic Isl.), Sweden , Switzerland , Ukraine (including Crimea); North Africa: Algeria , Egypt , Libya , Morocco , Tunisia ; West Asia: Azerbaijan , Cyprus , Georgia , Iran , Iraq , Jordan , Lebanon , Palestine , Syria , Turkey ; Central Asia: Turkmenistan . Introduced in central and northern Europe (British Isl., Channel Is.?, mainland Denmark , north and central France , The Netherlands ), Atlantic islands (Azores Isl., Bermuda Isl., Cabo Verde Isl., Canary Isl., Madeira Is., Salvage Isl., St. Elena Is.); Austral Africa ( Angola , Cameroon , Kenya , Mozambique , Republic of South Africa , Tanzania , Zimbabwe ); North ( Canada , USA ), Central ( Mexico ) and South ( Argentina , Uruguay ) America ; South– east Asia ( Taiwan , Vietnam ) (Stoev & Geoffroy 2004; Andersson et al. 2008). Chorotype. Turano-Mediterranean. Habitats. Open garigue habitats with Sarcopoterium spinosum and Cistus . Altitudinal range: 0–1305 m .