Scutigera Lamarck, 1801

Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail, Zapparoli, Marzio, Minelli, Alessandro & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, The centipede fauna (Chilopoda) of the island of Cyprus, with one new lithobiomorph species, Zootaxa 3647 (2), pp. 279-306 : 281

Scutigera Lamarck, 1801

* Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Material examined: 3 3, 1 Ƥ, 2 unsexed, 3 larvae

Sites: 14, 71, 84, 89, 143, 159 ( Fig. 2 ).

General distribution. Europe: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia (including Cherso Is.), Czech Republic, France (mainland, Corsica), Germany (southern), Greece (mainland, Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese), southern Hungary, Italy (mainland, Sicily, Sardinia), FYR Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Portugal (mainland), Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain (mainland, Balearic Isl.), Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine (including Crimea); North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia; West Asia: Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey; Central Asia: Turkmenistan. Introduced in central and northern Europe (British Isl., Channel Is.?, mainland Denmark, north and central France, The Netherlands), Atlantic islands (Azores Isl., Bermuda Isl., Cabo Verde Isl., Canary Isl., Madeira Is., Salvage Isl., St. Elena Is.); Austral Africa ( Angola, Cameroon, Kenya, Mozambique, Republic of South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe); North ( Canada, USA), Central ( Mexico) and South ( Argentina, Uruguay) America; South– east Asia ( Taiwan, Vietnam) (Stoev & Geoffroy 2004; Andersson et al. 2008).

Chorotype. Turano-Mediterranean.

Habitats. Open garigue habitats with Sarcopoterium spinosum and Cistus .

Altitudinal range: 0–1305 m.

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FIGURE 2. Scutigera coleoptrata and Eupolybothrus litoralis, distribution in Cyprus.