Lithobius nigrifrons
Lithobius nigrifrons
Lithobius nigrifrons
Lithobius nigrifrons
Lithobius nigrifrons
Lithobius tenebrosus
Lithobius (Lithobius) tenebrosus
The centipedes (Chilopoda) of Corsica: catalogue of species with faunistic, zoogeographical and ecological remarks
Zapparoli, Marzio
Iorio, Etienne
International Journal of Myriapodology
2012
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http://species-id.net/wiki/Lithobius_tenebrosus
Meinert, 1872
Meinert
1872
Chilopoda
Lithobiidae
Lithobius
CoL
Animalia
Lithobius (Lithobius) tenebrosus
Lithobiomorpha
22
37
Arthropoda
species
tenebrosus
Lithobius
Lithobius nigrifronsLatzel et Haase: Legerand Duboscq 1903: 309. (1) Lithobius nigrifrons: Verhoeff 1925a: 656. (2) Lithobius nigrifrons: Broelemann1926: 231. (3) Lithobius nigrifronsLatzel et Haase, 1880: Broelemann1930: 271. (4) Lithobius nigrifronsLatz.: Attems 1949: 115. (5) Lithobius tenebrosusMeinert, 1872: Foddai et al. 1996: 360, Tab. I. (6) Lithobius (Lithobius) tenebrosusMeinert, 1872: Geoffroy and Iorio 2009: 679. (7)
Literature records. General. Corsica (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). Epigeic. Haute-Corse, 2B - Bastia [I] (1). Cap Corse [I] (1).
Remarks. European species recorded in Scandinavia as well as in central and south-eastern countries; in Central Europe it shows a clear preference towards wet and humid habitats with high vegetation cover ( Voigtlaender2005), in Greece it seems to prefer submontane and montane coniferous woods and open montane habitats ( Zapparoli 2002). Its presence in Corsica is doubtful (see Geoffroy and Iorio 2009). The species has been recorded (as Lithobius nigrifronsLatzel and Haase in Latzel, 1880) from two localities, Cap Corse and Bastia, in the Mesomediterranean belt ( Legerand Duboscq 1903: 309) where an unspecified number of unsexed specimens (11.5 mm long with 36 antennal articles) were found. The occurrence of this species in Corsica has never been confirmed. Although the species is included in a recent list of the centipede fauna of the island ( Foddai et al. 1996), the old literature records are unreliable and must be referred to a different unidentified species of Lithobius.