Dignathodon microcephalus (Lucas, 1846)

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 : 295

* Dignathodon microcephalus (Lucas, 1846)

Material examined: 10 3, 10 ƤƤ.

Sites: 32, 55, 78, 79, 121, 146 ( Fig. 17 ).

General distribution. Europe: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France (mainland, Corsica), Greece (mainland, Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese), Italy (mainland, Sicily, Sardinia), Luxembourg (introduced?), Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Spain (mainland, Balearic Isl.), Ukraine (Crimea); North Africa: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia; West Asia: Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Turkey (Brölemann 1921, 1930, 1932; Attems 1929; Machado 1952; Dobroruka 1956; Matic 1972; Negrea & Matic 1973; Zapparoli 1991, 1995, 1999; Kos 1992; Foddai et al. 1995, 1996; Stoev 1997; Simaiakis et al. 2005).

Chorotype. Mediterranean.

Habitats. Phryganic formations, fields with Ceratonia , pastures, patches with Pinus .

Altitudinal range: 20–1000 m.

Range of leg pairs recorded in Cyprus. 67–75 (3) and 73–77 (ƤƤ).

Figures

FIGURE 17. Dignathodon microcephalus and Henia bicarinata, distribution in Cyprus.