Clinopodes escherichii (Verhoeff, 1896)

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 : 296

Clinopodes escherichii (Verhoeff, 1896)

Clinopodes flavidus escherichi (Verhoeff, 1898) : Turk 1952: 657 (synonymy).

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 , Cistus and Ceratonia , Pinus forests, cultivation with vineyard, Olea vegetation, Platanus orientalis , mixed forest with Pinus , Quercus and Acer , ravines with Platanus , Juniperus and 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.) ( Turk 1956: 657).

Figures

FIGURE 18. Clinopodes escherichii, Geophilus cf. carpophagus and G. cf. alpinus, distribution in Cyprus.