Pleurogeophilus mediterraneus (Meinert, 1870)

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 : 341

46. Pleurogeophilus mediterraneus (Meinert, 1870)

(1) Pleurogeophilus mediterraneus (Meinert) : Zapparoli, 1994: 20.

(2) Pleurogeophilus mediterraneus (Meinert, 1870) : Zapparoli, 2002: 105, Fig. 46.

General distribution. Europe: Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, Spain (Balearic Is.). West Asia: Caucasus, Turkey. North Africa: Algeria ( Zapparoli 2002; Minelli et al. 2006).

Chorotype. S-European (SEU).

Records in Peloponnisos ( Fig. 15 ). Ahaia: W Kalavrita, 700 m (2); Mihas, E Platanos, 1300 m (2). Arkadia: Levidi, Menalon Ski Resort (2). Korinthia: Oros Killini, 1500 m (1, 2); Oros Killini, Ziria, NE slope, 1600–2100 m (1, 2). Lakonia: Taigetos, EOS, 1000 m (2); Taigetos, E slope, 1800–1850 m (1, 2); Taigetos, refuge, 1800–2200 m (2).

New records from Mt. Parnonas ( Fig. 15 ). 1 ex., Arkadia, Agios Ioannis Theologos church, mountain refuge (loc. 19), 1610 m, N37.226653 / E22.591896, 29 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Moni Malevis, 600 m W of the monastery (loc. 43), 905 m, N37.328598 / E22.571381, 2 May 2015.

Ecological notes. 0–2100 m; an euriecious species, in Abies cephalonica and Pinus nigra woods, and in montane open habitats ( Zapparoli 1994, 1996, 2002).

Figures

FIGURE 15. Geophilus insculptus (black circles), G. unguiculatus (red circle), Pachymerium ferrugineum (blue circle), Pleurogeophilus mediterraneus (red arrows), Stenotaenia cf. naxia (black arrow), S. rhodopensis (blue arrows), Strigamia crassipes (green arrow) and S. transsilvanica (green circle), distribution records in Peloponnisos.