Lithobius (Lithobius) tenebrosus Meinert, 1872

Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail, Akkari, Nesrine & Zapparoli, Marzio, 2016, The centipedes of Peloponnisos and first records of genus Eurygeophilus in the East Mediterranean (Myriapoda: Chilopoda), Zootaxa 4061 (4), pp. 301-346 : 315-316

14. Lithobius (Lithobius) tenebrosus Meinert, 1872

(1) L. mutabilis quartocomma Verh. var. tripolitanus Verhoeff, 1901: 441 , 452.

(2) Alokobius quartocomma (Verh.) : Attems, 1929c: 303.

(3) Lithobius quartocomma tripolitanus Verh. : Kanellis, 1959: 26.

(4) Lithobius tenebrosus Meinert : Eason, 1992: 75.

(5) Lithobius pelidnus Haase : Matic & Stavropoulos, 1988: 43.

(6) Lithobius (Lithobius) tenebrosus Meinert : Zapparoli, 1994: 49, figs. 1–5.

(7) Lithobius (Lithobius) tenebrosus Meinert, 1872 : Zapparoli, 2002: 37, Fig. 17.

General distribution. Europe: Albania, Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Ukraine ( Zapparoli 2002; Minelli et al. 2006).

Chorotype. European (EUR).

Records in Peloponnisos (2) ( Fig. 6 ). Ahaia: Aroania Ori (4, 7); Aroania Ori, 1330 m (7); Aroania Ori, 1800– 2280 m (6, 7); Aroania Ori, Kalavrita, Ski Resort (7). Arkadia: Tripoli (loc. typ. of Lithobius mutabilis quartocomma var. tripolitanus Verhoeff, 1901 ) (1, 3, 7). Korinthia: Stimfalia lake (6, 7); Oros Killini, 1500 m (6, 7); Oros Killini, Ano Sinikia Trikala, 1500 m (6, 7); Oros Killini, Ziria, NE slope, 1600–2100 m (6, 7). Lakonia: Parnonas (4, 7); Parnonas, between Vamvakou and the refuge, 1420 m (6, 7); Taigetos, Poliana, 1000–1300 m (6, 7); Taigetos, E slope, 1800–1850 m (6, 7); Taigetos, refuge, 1800–2000 m (6, 7); Taigetos, near refuge (7); Taigetos, Profitis Illas (5, 7).

Ecological notes. 800–2400 m; a montane species known in Abies cephalonica and Pinus woods, and in open montane habitats ( Zapparoli 1994, 1996, 2002).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Lithobius tenebrosus (black circles), L. viriatus (green circles), L. micropodus (red arrows) and L. microps (blue circles), distribution records in Peloponnisos.