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
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1175-5326
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Hessebius barbipes
(Porat, 1893)
L.
[
Lithobius
(
Oligobothrus
)
]
Vosseleri
: Verhoeff 1901: 441 (synonymy).
Archilithobius dadayi
Tömosvary
[sic], 1880:
Turk
1952: 657 (misidentification).
Lithobius vossleri
Verhoeff
: Eason 1983: 122 (synonymy).
Material examined:
176 3, 74 ƤƤ, 7 unsexed,
15 larvae
.
Sites:
4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 16, 19, 21, 23, 29, 37, 38, 40, 41, 51, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61, 69, 71, 75 (published), 83, 86 (published), 105, 110, 112, 113, 114, 116, 119, 120, 121, 123, 125, 132, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 148, 149, 150, 154, 158, 160, 172, 180, 181, 183, 184 (
Fig. 3
).
General distribution.
Europe:
Greece
(
Dodecanese
); North Africa:
Egypt
; West Asia:
Cyprus
, northwestern
Iran
,
Israel
,
Jordan
,
Palestine
,
Syria
, southwestern
Turkey
; Central Asia:
Turkmenistan
(Zalesskaja 1978; Eason 1981; Zapparoli 1991, 1999; Stoev 1997).
Chorotype.
Turano-Mediterranean.
Habitats.
Sandy beaches, cultivations with vineyards, under
Eucalyptus
, maquis and phryganic formations with
Sarcopoterium spinosum
,
Ceratonia
and
Pistacia
, mixed forests with
Pinus
,
Quercus
and
Acer
, mixed
Pinus
forest, near ponds with
Eucalyptus
and
Acacia
, ravines with
Platanus
,
Juniperus
and
Pinus
, open fields with
Ceratonia
.
Altitudinal range:
0–1900 m
.
Remarks.
Generically quoted from
Cyprus
by Verhoeff (1901) under
L. vosseleri
, whose identity has been discussed by Eason (1983). The record under “
Archilithobius dadayi
Tömösvary, 1880
” given by
Turk
(1952) from Mountain Olympus (Troodos Mt.), is assigned here to this species.