Himantarium gabrielis (Linné, 1767), Linne, 1767

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 : 326-327

28. Himantarium gabrielis (Linné, 1767)

(l) Crytops [sic!] Gabrielis Fabr. [sic!]: Brullé, 1832: 62, pl. 28, Fig. 3 .

(2) Crytops [sic!] laevigatus Brullé, 1832: 62 , pl. 28, Fig. 14 .

(3) Geophilus levigatus [sic!]: Gervais, 1835: no page number, Figs. 2, 2 a

(4) G. laevigatus . Crytops [sic!] laevigatus Brullé [sic!]: Gervais, 1837: 19.

(5) G. sulcatus . Crytops [sic!] Gabrielis Brullé [sic!]: Gervais, 1837: 19.

(6) Geophilus laevigatus: Lucas, 1840: 550 .

(7) Geophilus sulcatus: Lucas, 1840: 550 .

(8) Geoph. laevigatus Brullé: Newport, 1845: 437.

(9) Geoph. sulcatus Brullé: Newport, 1845: 437.

(10) Geophilus Gabrielis [sic!]: Gervais, 1847: 322, pl. 39, 6.

(11) Geophilus laevigatus Brullé : Newport, 1856: 90.

(12) Geophilus sulcatus Brullé : Newport, 1856: 90.

(13) Himantarium Gabrielis L. [sic!]: Daday, 1889: 143.

(14) H. Gabrielis L. [sic!]: Verhoeff, 1901: 456.

(15) G. levigatus Brullé : Attems, 1929a: 348.

(16) G. sulcatus Brullé : Attems, 1929a: 349.

(17) Himantarium gabrielis (L.): Kanellis, 1959: 9.

(18) Geophilus laevigatus (Brullé) : Kanellis, 1959: 18.

(19) Geophilus sulcatus (Brullé) : Kanellis, 1959: 18.

(20) Himantarium gabrielis (Linné) : Zapparoli, 1994: 13.

(21) Himantarium gabrielis (Linné, 1767) : Zapparoli, 2002: 74, Fig. 33.

General distribution. Europe: Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France (incl. Corsica), FYR Macedonia, Greece (excl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia and Sicily), Luxembourg, Monaco, Montenegro, Portugal (incl. Azores), Romania, Slovenia, Switzerland. West Asia: Turkey. North Africa: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, ( Zapparoli 2002; Minelli et al. 2006).

Chorotype. Mediterranean (MED).

Records in Peloponnisos (loc. typ. of Crytops [sic!] laevigatus Brullé, 1832 as "Morée") (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 19) ( Fig. 10 ). Ahaia: Aroania Ori, near Likouria (20, 21); Patra (14, 17, 21). Arkadia: Oros Menalon, Vitina (20, 21). Ilia: Koumanis (13, 17, 21); Lambia, Chrisopigi (21). Korinthia: Stimfalia lake (20, 21); Oros Killini, Ano Sinikia Trikala, 1500 m (20, 21); Oros Killini, Ziria, NE slope, 1600–2100 m (20, 21). Lakonia: Parnonas, between Vamvakou and the refuge, 1420 m (20, 21); Taigetos, 1000–1300 m (20, 21); Taigetos, refuge, 1150 m (20, 21); Taigetos, refuge, 1650–1700 m (20, 21). Messinia: Demiova Monastery (in literature under Demiobas) (13, 17).

New records from Mt. Parnonas ( Fig. 10 ). 1 ex., Arkadia, Stravorachi, west of Kastanitsa (loc. 5), 1485 m, N37.238169 / E22.610705, 26 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Kastanitsa to Agios Vasileios, east of Gaitanorachi (loc. 20), 1455 m, N37.224892 / E22.643886, 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, Mavrovouni, mountain plateau west of Sitaina (loc. 25), 1330 m, N37.300473 / E22.615434, 30 Oct. 2014; 2 exx., Arkadia, Parnonas mountain refuge to Agios Vasileios, 2 km SW of the refuge (loc. 36), 1570 m, N37.225902 / E22.62279, 1 May 2015; 2 exx., Arkadia, Parnonas mountain refuge to Agios Vasileios, 4.5 km SW of the refuge (loc. 37), 1440 m, N37.226428 / E22.641807, 1 May 2015; 1 ex., Arkadia, Prastos, 4 km N of the village (loc. 40), 1240 m, N37.231459 / E22.667264, 1 May 2015; 1 ex., Arkadia, Xirokampi to Sitaina, 6.5 km SE of Xirokampi (loc. 47), 1200 m, N37.311646 / E22.626663, 2 May 2015; 1 ex., Arkadia, Kastanitsa to Moni Kontolinas, 9 km S of Kastanitsa (loc. 53), 1015 m, N37.234785 / E22.655821, 2 May 2015.

Ecological notes. 0–2100 m; an euriecious species, in Quercus coccifera scrub, in thermophilous or mesothermophilous broadleaved woods, in Platanus riparian woods, in Abies cephalonica , Fagus sylvatica or Pinus nigra forests, in Mediterranean phrygan, and in agroecosystems ( Verhoeff 1901; Attems 1929b; Zapparoli 1994, 1996).

Remarks. Zapparoli (2002) supported that " Crytops [sic!] Gabrielis Fabr." and " Crytops [sic!] laevigatus Br. " both quoted from Peloponnisos in Brullé (1832), are here assigned to H. gabrielis in congruence with Gervais (1847).

Figures

FIGURE 2. New sampling sites in Parnonas Mt. (blue circles) in the East Peloponnisos. Numbers represent different localities as referred in the text. circle

FIGURE 3. Scutigera coleoptrata (black circles), Eupolybothrus litoralis (green circles), E. transsylvanicus (blue circles) and E. werneri (red arrows), distribution records in Peloponnisos.

FIGURE 10. Himantarium gabrielis (black circles) and Bothriogaster signata (green circles), distribution records in Peloponnisos.

FIGURE 14. Eurygeophilus multistiliger (Verhoeff, 1899), female found on mountain plateau west of Sitaina (loc. 25), 1330 m, 30 Oct. 2014 (see Fig. 13). (a) Distal three articles of the right antenna; (b) Forcipular segment, ventral view; (c) Head, first articles of the antennae, and forcipular segment, dorsal view; (d) Coxopleuron and sternite of ultimate leg-bearing segment, ventral view; (e) Coxopleuron and tergite of ultimate leg-bearing segment, dorsal view; (f) sternites of leg-bearing segment I, II, and III; (g) sternite of leg-bearing segment V; (h) sternite of leg-bearing segment XII; (i) sternites of leg-bearing segment XX – XXV.