Lithobius (Lithobius) lapidicola Meinert 1872
Creators: name: Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail
name: Akkari, Nesrine
name: Zapparoli, Marzio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Lithobiomorpha
Lithobiidae
Lithobius
Lithobius lapidicola

description: 9. Lithobius (Lithobius) lapidicola Meinert, 1872
(1) L. pusillus Latz.: Verhoeff, 1901: 451.
(2) L. pusillus var. obscuriceps Verhoeff, 190l: 451.
(3) L. [Lithonannus] pusillus var. obscuriceps (Verh.): Attems, 1929c: 304.
(4) Lithobius pusillus Latz.: Kanellis, 1959: 25.
(5) Lithobius pusillus var. obscuriceps Verh.: Kanellis, 1959: 26.
(6) Lithobius (Lithobius) lapidicola Meinert: Zapparoli, 1994: 43.
(7) Lithobius (Lithobius) lapidicola Meinert, 1872: Zapparoli, 2002: 28, Fig. 11.
General distribution. Europe: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France (incl. Corsica), Germany, Great Britain, Greece (incl. Ionian Is.), Hungary, Ireland, Italy (incl. Sardinia and Sicily), Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (incl. Canary Is.), Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine (Zapparoli 2002; Minelli et al. 2006).
Chorotype. European (EUR).
Records in Peloponnisos (Fig. 4). Ahaia: Patra (loc. typ. of Lithobius pusillus var. obscuriceps Verhoeff, 1901) (2, 3, 5, 7). Argolida: Nafplio (1, 4, 7). Arkadia: 1 km E Vitina, crossroads to Vitina, 1025 m (7). Lakonia: Taigetos, near 1800–2200 m (6, 7).
New records from Mt. Parnonas (Fig. 4). 2 exx., Arkadia, Moni Kontolinas, spruce forest (loc. 4), 985 m, N37.241979 / E22.658707, 26 Oct. 2014; 12 exx., Arkadia, Meligarias south of Oreini Meligou (loc. 9), 810 m, N37.350434 / E22.671654, 27 Oct. 2014; 3 exx., Arkadia, Xirokampi 1.2 km north, west of Agios Ioannis (loc. 10), 870 m, N37.349902 / E22.593355, 27 Oct. 2014; 16 exx., Arkadia, Xirolakki, east of Prastos (loc. 14), 585 m, N37.269119 / E22.713849, 28 Oct. 2014; 3 exx., Arkadia, Mavrovouni, mountain plateau west of Sitaina (loc. 25), 1330 m, N37.300473 / E22.615434, 30 Oct. 2014; 6 exx., Arkadia, Agios Panteleimon village, cultivations (loc. 28), 375 m, N37.309809 / E22.696487, 31 Oct. 2014; 8 exx., Arkadia, Agios Andreas to Agios Panteleimon, crossroad to Moni Eortakoustis (loc. 29), 190 m, N37.323139 / E22.714269, 31 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Neochori to Agios Charalampos church, phrygana (loc. 30), 50 m, N37.361966 / E22.741903, 31 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Xirokampi to Sitaina, 0.5 km S of Xirokampi (loc. 45), 970 m, N37.332846 / E22.595668, 2 May 2015; 2 exx., Arkadia, Sitaina, 5 km NW of the village (loc. 49), 1050 m, N37.301055 / E22.643345, 2 May 2015; 1 ex., Arkadia, Kastanitsa to Moni Kontolinas, 11 km S of Kastanitsa (loc. 52), 990 m, N37.242024 / E22.659177, 2 May 2015.
Ecological notes. 110–2200 m; an euriecious species, recorded under Genista sp., in thermophilous Mediterranean habitats, in thermomesophilous broadleaved forests, in riparian woods, in Abies cephalonica and Fagus sylvatica forests, in caves, and in agroecosystems (Zapparoli 1994, 1996, 2002).
description: Published as part of Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail, Akkari, Nesrine & Zapparoli, Marzio, 2016, The centipedes of Peloponnisos and first records of genus Eurygeophilus in the East Mediterranean (Myriapoda: Chilopoda), pp. 301-346 in Zootaxa 4061 (4) on page 312, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/264204