Eupolybothrus (Mesobothrus) transsylvanicus Latzel 1882
Creators: name: Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail
name: Akkari, Nesrine
name: Zapparoli, Marzio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Lithobiomorpha
Lithobiidae
Eupolybothrus
Eupolybothrus transsylvanicus

description: 3. Eupolybothrus (Mesobothrus) transsylvanicus (Latzel, 1882)
(l) L. grossipes C. K.: Daday, 1889: 154.
(2) Polybothrus fasciatus (Newp.): Kanellis, l959: 29.
(3) Eupolybothrus (Mesobothrus) transsilvanicus [sic!] (Latzel): Zapparoli, 1984: 206, figs. 22–23. (4) Eupolybothrus (Mesobothrus) transsylvanicus (Latzel): Zapparoli, 1994: 29. (5) Eupolybothrus (Mesobothrus) transsylvanicus (Latzel, 1882): Zapparoli, 2002: 15, Fig. 4.
General distribution. Europe: Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia (Zapparoli 2002; Minelli et al. 2006).
Chorotype. S-European (SEU).
Records in Peloponnisos (Fig. 3). Ahaia: Aroania Ori, Kalavrita, Ski Resort (5); Aroania Ori, springs along road to Planitero, 570 m (5); Aroania Ori, 1330 m (5); Erimanthos, 1150 m (5); Erimanthos, 1560–1570 m (5). Arkadia: Levidi, Menalon Ski Resort (5); Oros Foloi, Lalas, 790 m (5); Oros Menalon, Vitina, near Drakotripia, 1450 m (3, 5); Lambia, Chrisopigi (5). Ilia: Koumanis (1, 2, 5). Korinthia: Oros Killini, Oros Ziria, 1900 m (5); Oros Killini, Ziria, 2010 m (5); Oros Killini, Hermes Spilia (5). Lakonia: Parnonas, between Vamvakou and the refuge, 1420 m (3, 5); Taigetos, refuge, 1650 m (3, 5); Taigetos, Poliana, 1000–1300 m (3, 5); Taigetos, Poliana, 1300 m (3, 5); Taigetos, Poliana, 1800–1850 m (3, 5); Taigetos, refuge, Poliana, E slope, 1800–2200 m (4, 5); Taigetos, near refuge (5). Messinia: Kalamata, between Artemissia and Langada Pass (5).
New records from Mt. Parnonas (Fig. 3). 1 ex., Arkadia, Kastanitsa pathway SE to Prastos (loc. 3), 1020 m, N37.257412 / E22.654848, 26 Oct. 2014; 9 exx., Arkadia, Moni Kontolinas, spruce forest (loc. 4), 985 m, N37.241979 / E22.658707, 26 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Kastanitsa west, Xeromoukalo stream (loc. 6), 1235 m, N37.25273 / E22.628614, 26 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Platanos north by the river (loc. 8), 410 m, N37.326315 / E22.65768, 27 Oct. 2014; 3 exx., Arkadia, Arnomousga, mountain refuge "G. Papatheodorou" (loc. 12), 1400 m, N37.258463 / E22.58999, 27 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Mazia gorge NE Kastanitsa (loc. 13), 480 m, N37.277568 / E22.673011, 28 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Kastanitsa crossroad to Moni Kontolinas (loc. 17), 1200 m, N37.249969 / E22.641182, 28 Oct. 2014; 4 exx., Arkadia, Kastanitsa to Parnonas refuge, crossroad to Agios Vasileios (loc. 21), 1560 m, N37.224316 / E22.616548, 29 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Vamvakou, by the village (loc. 22), 940 m, N37.243597 / E22.551766, 29 Oct. 2014; 2 exx., Arkadia, Vamvakou to Parnonas refuge, before refuge (loc. 23), 1320 m, N37.217932 / E22.598182, 29 Oct. 2014; 2 exx., Arkadia, Parnonas mt. refuge (loc. 24), 1480 m, N37.220203 / E22.613662, 29 Oct. 2014; 2 exx., Arkadia, Mavrovouni, mountain plateau west of Sitaina (loc. 25), 1330 m, N37.300473 / E22.615434, 30 Oct. 2014; 5 exx., Arkadia, Bogreika Kalyvia, Malevos plateau west slopes (loc. 26), 1280 m, N37.286459 / E22.593247, 30 Oct. 2014; 6 exx., Arkadia, Parnonas mountain refuge to Agios Vasileios, 5.5 km SW of the refuge (loc. 38), 1460 m, N37.217905 / E22.652083, 1 May 2015; 2 exx., Arkadia, Parnonas mountain refuge to Prastos, 8 km SW of the refuge (loc. 39), 1350 m, N37.221529 / E22.665197, 1 May 2015; 1 ex., Arkadia, Xirokampi to Sitaina, 4 km SE of Xirokampi (loc. 46), 1140 m, N37.318658 / E22.612073, 2 May 2015; 1 ex., Arkadia, Kastanitsa to Moni Kontolinas, 5.5 km SW of Kastanitsa (loc. 51), 1190 m, N37.243487 / E22.638801, 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; 1 ex., Arkadia, Kastanitsa to Moni Kontolinas, 9 km S of Kastanitsa (loc. 53), 1015 m, N37.234785 / E22.655821, 2 May 2015.
New records from Peloponnisos (Fig. 3). 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Ahaia, Kalavrita, Mt. Aroania, under Abies, 1600 –1800 m, 5 Jun. 2005, G. Osella.
Ecological notes. 410–2200 m; a woodland species, occurring mostly in woods of Abies cephalonica, Pinus nigra and Fagus sylvatica, sporadically in Mediterranean habitats; also in caves (Zapparoli 1984, 1994, 1996).
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 pages 308-309, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/264204