Lithobius (Monotarsobius) crassipes 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 : 320

19. Lithobius (Monotarsobius) crassipes L. Koch, 1862

(1) L. crassipes L. [sic!]: Verhoeff, 1901: 452.

(2) Monotarsobius crassipes (L. Koch) : Kanellis, 1959: 27.

(3) Lithobius (Monotarsobius) crassipes (L. Koch) [sic!]: Zapparoli, 1994: 58.

(4) Lithobius (Monotarsobius) crassipes L. Koch, 1862 : Zapparoli, 2002: 49, Fig. 20.

General distribution. Europe: Albania, Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, FYR Macedonia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece (incl. Crete), Hungary, Ireland, Italy (incl. Sardinia and Sicily), Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal (incl. Madeira), Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (incl. Canary Is.), Sweden, Switzerland. West Asia: Jordan, Syria, Turkey. North Africa: Algeria, Tunisia ( Zapparoli 2002; Minelli et al. 2006).

Chorotype. W-Palearctic (WPA).

Records in Peloponnisos ( Fig. 7 ). Arkadia: Oros Menalon, Vitina, near Drakotripa, 1450 m (3). Korinthia: Oros Killini, Ano Sinikia Trikala, 1500 m (3). Messinia: Ithomi (1, 2).

New records from Mt. Parnonas ( Fig. 7 ). 11 ex., Arkadia, Arnomousga, mountain refuge "G. Papatheodorou" (loc. 12), 1400 m, N37.258463 / E22.58999, 27 Oct. 2014; 5 exx., Arkadia, Parnonas mt. refuge (loc. 24), 1480 m, N37.220203 / E22.613662, 29 Oct. 2014.

Ecological notes. 100–1500 m; an euriecious species, recorded in Pinus nigra , Abies cephalonica and Fagus sylvatica woods, in open montane habitats, in wetlands, and in caves ( Chamberlin 1956; Matic 1980; Zapparoli 1994, 1996).

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FIGURE 7. Lithobius aeruginosus (black circles), L. crassipes (green circles), L. nudus (blue circles) and Pleurolithobius patriarchalis (red arrows), distribution records in Peloponnisos.