L. pusillus Latz.
L. pusillus
var. obscuriceps Verhoeff
Lithonannus
pusillus
var. obscuriceps (Verh.)
Lithobius pusillus Latz.
Lithobius pusillus
var. obscuriceps Verh.
Lithobius ( Lithobius ) lapidicola Meinert
Lithobius ( Lithobius ) lapidicola Meinert, 1872
The centipedes of Peloponnisos and first records of genus Eurygeophilus in the East Mediterranean (Myriapoda: Chilopoda)
Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail
Akkari, Nesrine
Zapparoli, Marzio
Zootaxa
2016
2016-01-08
4061
4
301
346
3VJ25
Meinert, 1872
Meinert
1872
[180,746,511,538]
Chilopoda
Lithobiidae
Lithobius
Animalia
Lithobiomorpha
11
312
Arthropoda
species
lapidicola
Lithobius
(1) L. pusillusLatz.: Verhoeff, 1901: 451. (2) L. pusillus var. obscuricepsVerhoeff, 190l: 451. (3) L. [ Lithonannus] pusillus var. obscuriceps(Verh.): Attems, 1929c: 304. (4) Lithobius pusillusLatz.: Kanellis, 1959: 25. (5) Lithobius pusillus var. obscuricepsVerh.: Kanellis, 1959: 26. (6) Lithobius( Lithobius) lapidicolaMeinert: Zapparoli, 1994: 43. (7) Lithobius( Lithobius) lapidicolaMeinert, 1872: Zapparoli, 2002: 28, Fig. 11.
General distribution.Europe: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France(incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece(incl. Ionian Is.), Hungary, Ireland, Italy(incl. Sardinia and Sicily), Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain(incl. Canary Is.), Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine( Zapparoli 2002; Minelli et al.2006). Chorotype.European (EUR).
Records in Peloponnisos( Fig. 4). Ahaia: Patra (loc. typ. of Lithobius pusillus var. obscuriceps Verhoeff, 1901) (2, 3, 5, 7). Argolida: Nafplio (1, 4, 7). Arkadia: 1 kmE Vitina, crossroads to Vitina, 1025 m(7). Lakonia: Taigetos, near 1800–2200 m(6, 7). New records from Mt. Parnonas( Fig. 4). 2 exx., Arkadia, Moni Kontolinas, spruce forest (loc. 4), 985 m, N37.241979/ E22.658707, 26 Oct. 2014; 12 exx., Arkadia, Meligarias south of Oreini Meligou (loc. 9), 810 m, N37.350434/ E22.671654, 27 Oct. 2014; 3 exx., Arkadia, Xirokampi 1.2 kmnorth, west of Agios Ioannis (loc. 10), 870 m, N37.349902/ E22.593355, 27 Oct. 2014; 16 exx., Arkadia, Xirolakki, east of Prastos (loc. 14), 585 m, N37.269119/ E22.713849, 28 Oct. 2014; 3 exx., Arkadia, Mavrovouni, mountain plateau west of Sitaina (loc. 25), 1330 m, N37.300473/ E22.615434, 30 Oct. 2014; 6 exx., Arkadia, Agios Panteleimon village, cultivations (loc. 28), 375 m, N37.309809/ E22.696487, 31 Oct. 2014; 8 exx., Arkadia, Agios Andreas to Agios Panteleimon, crossroad to Moni Eortakoustis (loc. 29), 190 m, N37.323139/ E22.714269, 31 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Neochori to Agios Charalampos church, phrygana (loc. 30), 50 m, N37.361966/ E22.741903, 31 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Xirokampi to Sitaina, 0.5 kmS of Xirokampi (loc. 45), 970 m, N37.332846/ E22.595668, 2 May 2015; 2 exx., Arkadia, Sitaina, 5 kmNW of the village (loc. 49), 1050 m, N37.301055/ E22.643345, 2 May 2015; 1 ex., Arkadia, Kastanitsa to Moni Kontolinas, 11 kmS of Kastanitsa (loc. 52), 990 m, N37.242024/ E22.659177, 2 May 2015.
Ecological notes. 110–2200 m; an euriecious species, recorded under Genistasp., in thermophilous Mediterranean habitats, in thermomesophilous broadleaved forests, in riparian woods, in Abies cephalonicaand Fagus sylvaticaforests, in caves, and in agroecosystems ( Zapparoli 1994, 1996, 2002).