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 Geophilus cf. nesiotes Attems, 1903 Published records: none. New records: “Segev Forest” ( 1 specimen , no date recorded). Distribution in Israel : a single record from the Lower Galilee ( Figure 4 A). Global distribution: G. nesiotes was described from Crete, but its actual distribution is very uncertain. Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes. The specimen examined belongs to a distinct lineage in the broad genus Geophilus Leach, 1814 that is distinguished by a combination of characters including the peculiar modification of the claws of the second maxillae into a stout tubercle abruptly tapering into a tip. Among the many species described in this group, the specimen collected in Israel most closely resembles G. nesiotes , mainly in the number of trunk segments and the pattern of coxal pores. G. nesiotes was described from Crete (Attems 1903 1929) but its distinction from the mainland European species G. insculptus Attems, 1895 (currently G. alpinus Meinert, 1870 ) has been questioned (Minelli 1978; Zapparoli 2002).