Lithobius (Lithobius) lucifugus L. Koch 1862
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 lucifugus

description: 11. Lithobius (Lithobius) lucifugus L. Koch, 1862
(1) Lithobius lucifugus L Koch: Matic & Stavropoulos, 1988: 42.
(2) Lithobius (Lithobius) lucifugus L. Koch: Zapparoli, 1994: 43.
(3) Lithobius (Lithobius) lucifugus L. Koch, 1862: Zapparoli, 2002: 31, Fig. 9.
General distribution. Europe: Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine. West Asia: Caucasus, Turkey (Zapparoli 2002; Minelli et al. 2006).
Chorotype. European (EUR).
Records in Peloponnisos (Fig. 5). Arkadia: Levidi, Menalon Ski Resort (3); 1 km E Vitina, crossroads to Vitina, l025 m (3). Ilia: Lambia, Chrisopigi (3). Lakonia: Taigetos, near refuge, 1650–1700 m (2, 3); Taigetos, Profitis Illas, 2300–2400 m (1, 3).
New records from Mt. Parnonas (Fig. 5). 4 exx., 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; 2 exx., Arkadia, Stravorachi, west of Kastanitsa (loc. 5), 1485 m, N37.238169 / E22.610705, 26 Oct. 2014; 3 exx., Arkadia, Kastanitsa west, Xeromoukalo stream (loc. 6), 1235 m, N37.25273 / E22.628614, 26 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Sitaina to Platanos, close to Panagia church (loc. 7), 770 m, N37.301359 / E22.658826, 27 Oct. 2014; 2 exx., Arkadia, Meligarias south of Oreini Meligou (loc. 9), 810 m, N37.350434 / E22.671654, 27 Oct. 2014; 18 exx., Arkadia, Xirokampi 1.2 km north, west of Agios Ioannis (loc. 10), 870 m, N37.349902 / E22.593355, 27 Oct. 2014; 3 exx., Arkadia, Moni Panagias Malevis (loc. 11), 880 m, N37.328907 / E22.572301, 27 Oct. 2014; 12 exx., Arkadia, Arnomousga, mountain refuge "G. Papatheodorou" (loc. 12), 1400 m, N37.258463 / E22.58999, 27 Oct. 2014; 4 exx., Arkadia, Xirolakki, east of Prastos (loc. 14), 585 m, N37.269119 / E22.713849, 28 Oct. 2014; 4 exx., Arkadia, Kastanitsa crossroad to Moni Kontolinas (loc. 17), 1200 m, N37.249969 / E22.641182, 28 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Kastanitsa by the village (loc. 18), 850 m, N37.266372 / E22.648945, 28 Oct. 2014; 14 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 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; 13 exx., Arkadia, Mavrovouni, mountain plateau west of Sitaina (loc. 25), 1330 m, N37.300473 / E22.615434, 30 Oct. 2014; 9 exx., Arkadia, Bogreika Kalyvia, Malevos plateau west slopes (loc. 26), 1280 m, N37.286459 / E22.593247, 30 Oct. 2014; 3 exx., Arkadia, Agios Petros village, crossroad to Kastanitsa (loc. 27), 920 m, N37.321625 / E22.563531, 30 Oct. 2014; 2 exx., Arkadia, Moni Elonis to Palaiochori, 1 km S of Palaiochori (loc. 33), 820 m, N37.160651 / E22.72431, 30 Apr. 2015; 4 exx., Arkadia, Agios Vasileios to Parnonas mountain refuge, 3 km N of Ag.Vasileios (loc. 35), 1205 m, N37.206527 / E22.672336, 30 Apr. 2015; 2 exx., Arkadia, Prastos, 4 km N of the village (loc. 40), 1240 m, N37.231459 / E22.667264, 1 May 2015; 1 ex., Arkadia, Prastos, 3 km N of the village (loc. 41), 1215 m, N37.239358 / E22.671086, 1 May 2015; 2 exx., Arkadia, Moni Malevis, 600 m W of the monastery (loc. 43), 905 m, N37.328598 / E22.571381, 2 May 2015; 1 ex., Arkadia, Xirokampi to Sitaina, 4 km SE of Xirokampi (loc. 46), 1140 m, N37.318658 / E22.612073, 2 May 2015; 2 exx., Arkadia, Xirokampi to Sitaina, 6.5 km SE of Xirokampi (loc. 47), 1200 m, N37.311646 / E22.626663, 2 May 2015; 2 exx., Arkadia, Xirokampi to Sitaina, 7.5 km SE of Xirokampi (loc. 48), 1150 m, N37.31695 / E22.629196, 2 May 2015; 12 exx., Arkadia, Kronion Oros, mountain plateau W of Agios Ilias church (loc. 54), 1650 m, N37.287021 / E22.605119, 3 May 2015; 1 ex., Arkadia, Kronion Oros, slopes N of Agios Ilias church (loc. 55), 1655 m, N37.288658 / E22.606911, 3 May 2015.
Ecological notes. 585–2400 m; a montane species, recorded under Abies cephalonica, Fagus sylvatica and Pinus nigra woods, and in open montane environments (Matic & Stavropoulos 1988; Zapparoli 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 313-314, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4061.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/264204