Lithobius (Lithobius) lucifugus L. Koch, 1862

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 : 313-314

11. Lithobius (Lithobius) lucifugus L. Koch, 1862

(1) Lithobius lucifugus L Koch : Matic & Stavropoulos, 1988: 42.

(2) Lithobius (Lithobius) lucifugus L. Koch : Zapparoli, 1994: 43.

(3) Lithobius (Lithobius) lucifugus L. Koch, 1862 : Zapparoli, 2002: 31, Fig. 9 .

General distribution. Europe: Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine. West Asia: Caucasus, Turkey ( Zapparoli 2002; Minelli et al. 2006).

Chorotype. European (EUR).

Records in Peloponnisos ( Fig. 5 ). Arkadia: Levidi, Menalon Ski Resort (3); 1 km E Vitina, crossroads to Vitina, l025 m (3). Ilia: Lambia, Chrisopigi (3). Lakonia: Taigetos, near refuge, 1650–1700 m (2, 3); Taigetos, Profitis Illas, 2300–2400 m (1, 3).

New records from Mt. Parnonas ( Fig. 5 ). 4 exx., Arkadia, Kastanitsa pathway SE to Prastos (loc. 3), 1020 m, N37.257412 / E22.654848, 26 Oct. 2014; 9 exx., Arkadia, Moni Kontolinas, spruce forest (loc. 4), 985 m, N37.241979 / E22.658707, 26 Oct. 2014; 2 exx., Arkadia, Stravorachi, west of Kastanitsa (loc. 5), 1485 m, N37.238169 / E22.610705, 26 Oct. 2014; 3 exx., Arkadia, Kastanitsa west, Xeromoukalo stream (loc. 6), 1235 m, N37.25273 / E22.628614, 26 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Sitaina to Platanos, close to Panagia church (loc. 7), 770 m, N37.301359 / E22.658826, 27 Oct. 2014; 2 exx., Arkadia, Meligarias south of Oreini Meligou (loc. 9), 810 m, N37.350434 / E22.671654, 27 Oct. 2014; 18 exx., Arkadia, Xirokampi 1.2 km north, west of Agios Ioannis (loc. 10), 870 m, N37.349902 / E22.593355, 27 Oct. 2014; 3 exx., Arkadia, Moni Panagias Malevis (loc. 11), 880 m, N37.328907 / E22.572301, 27 Oct. 2014; 12 exx., Arkadia, Arnomousga, mountain refuge "G. Papatheodorou" (loc. 12), 1400 m, N37.258463 / E22.58999, 27 Oct. 2014; 4 exx., Arkadia, Xirolakki, east of Prastos (loc. 14), 585 m, N37.269119 / E22.713849, 28 Oct. 2014; 4 exx., Arkadia, Kastanitsa crossroad to Moni Kontolinas (loc. 17), 1200 m, N37.249969 / E22.641182, 28 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Kastanitsa by the village (loc. 18), 850 m, N37.266372 / E22.648945, 28 Oct. 2014; 14 exx., Arkadia, Kastanitsa to Parnonas refuge, crossroad to Agios Vasileios (loc. 21), 1560 m, N37.224316 / E22.616548, 29 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Vamvakou to Parnonas refuge, before refuge (loc. 23), 1320 m, N37.217932 / E22.598182, 29 Oct. 2014; 2 exx., Arkadia, Parnonas mt. refuge (loc. 24), 1480 m, N37.220203 / E22.613662, 29 Oct. 2014; 13 exx., Arkadia, Mavrovouni, mountain plateau west of Sitaina (loc. 25), 1330 m, N37.300473 / E22.615434, 30 Oct. 2014; 9 exx., Arkadia, Bogreika Kalyvia, Malevos plateau west slopes (loc. 26), 1280 m, N37.286459 / E22.593247, 30 Oct. 2014; 3 exx., Arkadia, Agios Petros village, crossroad to Kastanitsa (loc. 27), 920 m, N37.321625 / E22.563531, 30 Oct. 2014; 2 exx., Arkadia, Moni Elonis to Palaiochori, 1 km S of Palaiochori (loc. 33), 820 m, N37.160651 / E22.72431, 30 Apr. 2015; 4 exx., Arkadia, Agios Vasileios to Parnonas mountain refuge, 3 km N of Ag.Vasileios (loc. 35), 1205 m, N37.206527 / E22.672336, 30 Apr. 2015; 2 exx., Arkadia, Prastos, 4 km N of the village (loc. 40), 1240 m, N37.231459 / E22.667264, 1 May 2015; 1 ex., Arkadia, Prastos, 3 km N of the village (loc. 41), 1215 m, N37.239358 / E22.671086, 1 May 2015; 2 exx., Arkadia, Moni Malevis, 600 m W of the monastery (loc. 43), 905 m, N37.328598 / E22.571381, 2 May 2015; 1 ex., Arkadia, Xirokampi to Sitaina, 4 km SE of Xirokampi (loc. 46), 1140 m, N37.318658 / E22.612073, 2 May 2015; 2 exx., Arkadia, Xirokampi to Sitaina, 6.5 km SE of Xirokampi (loc. 47), 1200 m, N37.311646 / E22.626663, 2 May 2015; 2 exx., Arkadia, Xirokampi to Sitaina, 7.5 km SE of Xirokampi (loc. 48), 1150 m, N37.31695 / E22.629196, 2 May 2015; 12 exx., Arkadia, Kronion Oros, mountain plateau W of Agios Ilias church (loc. 54), 1650 m, N37.287021 / E22.605119, 3 May 2015; 1 ex., Arkadia, Kronion Oros, slopes N of Agios Ilias church (loc. 55), 1655 m, N37.288658 / E22.606911, 3 May 2015.

Ecological notes. 585–2400 m; a montane species, recorded under Abies cephalonica , Fagus sylvatica and Pinus nigra woods, and in open montane environments ( Matic & Stavropoulos 1988; Zapparoli 1994, 1996).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Lithobius latro (green circle), L. lucifugus (blue circles), L. muticus (red arrows) and L. nigripalpis (black circles), distribution records in Peloponnisos.

FIGURE 9. Scolopendra cingulata (black circles) and S. dalmatica (red arrows), distribution records in Peloponnisos.