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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9.
Lithobius
(
Lithobius
)
lapidicola
Meinert, 1872
(1)
L. pusillus
Latz.
:
Verhoeff, 1901
: 451.
(2)
L. pusillus
var.
obscuriceps
Verhoeff
, 190l: 451.
(3)
L
. [
Lithonannus
]
pusillus
var.
obscuriceps
(Verh.)
:
Attems, 1929c
: 304.
(4)
Lithobius pusillus
Latz.
:
Kanellis, 1959
: 25.
(5)
Lithobius pusillus
var.
obscuriceps
Verh.
:
Kanellis, 1959
: 26.
(6)
Lithobius
(
Lithobius
)
lapidicola
Meinert
:
Zapparoli, 1994
: 43.
(7)
Lithobius
(
Lithobius
)
lapidicola
Meinert, 1872
:
Zapparoli, 2002
: 28,
Fig. 11
.
General distribution.
Europe:
Albania
,
Austria
,
Belgium
,
Bosnia Herzegovina
,
Croatia
,
Czech Republic
,
Denmark
,
France
(incl.
Corsica
),
Germany
,
Great Britain
,
Greece
(incl. Ionian Is.),
Hungary
,
Ireland
,
Italy
(incl. Sardinia and Sicily),
Moldova
,
Montenegro
,
Netherlands
,
Poland
,
Romania
,
Slovakia
,
Slovenia
,
Spain
(incl. Canary Is.),
Sweden
,
Switzerland
,
Ukraine
(
Zapparoli 2002
; Minelli
et al.
2006).
Chorotype.
European (EUR).
Records in Peloponnisos
(
Fig. 4
). Ahaia: Patra (loc. typ. of
Lithobius pusillus
var.
obscuriceps
Verhoeff, 1901
) (2, 3, 5, 7). Argolida: Nafplio (1, 4, 7). Arkadia:
1 km
E Vitina, crossroads to Vitina,
1025 m
(7). Lakonia: Taigetos, near
1800–2200 m
(6, 7).
New records from Mt. Parnonas
(
Fig. 4
). 2 exx., Arkadia, Moni Kontolinas, spruce forest (loc. 4),
985 m
,
N37.241979
/
E22.658707
,
26 Oct. 2014
; 12 exx., Arkadia, Meligarias south of Oreini Meligou (loc. 9),
810 m
,
N37.350434
/
E22.671654
,
27 Oct. 2014
; 3 exx., Arkadia, Xirokampi
1.2 km
north, west of Agios Ioannis (loc. 10),
870 m
,
N37.349902
/
E22.593355
,
27 Oct. 2014
; 16 exx., Arkadia, Xirolakki, east of Prastos (loc. 14),
585 m
,
N37.269119
/
E22.713849
,
28 Oct. 2014
; 3 exx., Arkadia, Mavrovouni, mountain plateau west of Sitaina (loc. 25),
1330 m
,
N37.300473
/
E22.615434
,
30 Oct. 2014
; 6 exx., Arkadia, Agios Panteleimon village, cultivations (loc. 28),
375 m
,
N37.309809
/
E22.696487
,
31 Oct. 2014
; 8 exx., Arkadia, Agios Andreas to Agios Panteleimon, crossroad to Moni Eortakoustis (loc. 29),
190 m
,
N37.323139
/
E22.714269
,
31 Oct. 2014
; 1 ex., Arkadia, Neochori to Agios Charalampos church, phrygana (loc. 30),
50 m
,
N37.361966
/
E22.741903
,
31 Oct. 2014
; 1 ex., Arkadia, Xirokampi to Sitaina,
0.5 km
S of Xirokampi (loc. 45),
970 m
,
N37.332846
/
E22.595668
,
2 May 2015
; 2 exx., Arkadia, Sitaina,
5 km
NW of the village (loc. 49),
1050 m
,
N37.301055
/
E22.643345
,
2 May 2015
; 1 ex., Arkadia, Kastanitsa to Moni Kontolinas,
11 km
S of Kastanitsa (loc. 52),
990 m
,
N37.242024
/
E22.659177
,
2 May 2015
.
Ecological notes.
110–2200 m
; an euriecious species, recorded under
Genista
sp., in thermophilous Mediterranean habitats, in thermomesophilous broadleaved forests, in riparian woods, in
Abies cephalonica
and
Fagus sylvatica
forests, in caves, and in agroecosystems (
Zapparoli 1994
,
1996
,
2002
).