The centipede fauna (Chilopoda) of the island of Cyprus, with one new lithobiomorph species Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail Zapparoli, Marzio Minelli, Alessandro Bonato, Lucio Zootaxa 2013 3647 2 279 306 Verhoeff, 1896 Verhoeff 1896 [151,633,862,888] Chilopoda Geophilidae Clinopodes Animalia Geophilomorpha 17 296 Arthropoda species escherichii   Material examined:44 3, 75 ƤƤ, 17 unsexed.  Sites:24, 30, 40, 49, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 66, 70, 75 (published), 80, 82, 104, 110, 111, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 130, 135, 136, 148, 151, 152, 153, 158, 168, 169, 170, 173, 176, 178, 179, 184 ( Fig. 18).   General distribution.Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Ukraine; West Asia: Caucasus, Cyprus, Palestine, Syria, Turkestan, Turkey(Zapparoli 2002; Bonato et al. 2011).  Chorotype.East Mediterranean.  Habitats.Maquis and phryganic formations with  Pistacia,  Cistusand  Ceratonia,  Pinusforests, cultivation with vineyard,  Oleavegetation,  Platanus orientalis, mixed forest with  Pinus,  Quercusand  Acer, ravines with  Platanus,  Juniperusand  Quercus, pastures.  Altitudinal range: 5–1920 m.  Range of leg pairs recorded in Cyprus.63–73 (3) and 65–75 (ƤƤ).   Remarks.Previously known only from Mount Olympos (Troodos Mt.) ( Turk1956: 657).