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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Geophilus
cf.
carpophagus
Leach, 1815
Material examined:
17 3, 27 ƤƤ.
Sites:
47, 53, 110, 111, 123, 125, 151, 152, 153 (
Fig. 18
).
Habitats.
Maquis formations with
Juniperus
, ravines with
Platanus
and
Pinus
, mixed forests with
Pinus
and
Quercus
.
Altitudinal range:
110–1340 m
.
Range of leg pairs recorded in
Cyprus
.
53–55 (3) and 53–57 (ƤƤ).
Remarks.
Since the discovery of
G. e a s o n i
Arthur, Foddai, Kettle, Lewis, Luczynski & Minelli, 2001 and the reevaluation of G.
arenarius
Meinert, 1870 (Bonato & Minelli 2011)
, it is now clear that there are multiple taxa within what was known until recently as a single species
G. carpophagus
. The range of this species-complex includes Middle and Near East, most part of Europe, Maghreb and Macaronesia (see Zapparoli & Iorio 2012). The identity of the populations in the Eastern part of this range deserves close study.