Eupolybothrus (Mesobothrus) transsylvanicus (Latzel, 1882)

Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail, Akkari, Nesrine & Zapparoli, Marzio, 2016, The centipedes of Peloponnisos and first records of genus Eurygeophilus in the East Mediterranean (Myriapoda: Chilopoda), Zootaxa 4061 (4), pp. 301-346 : 308-309

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).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Scutigera coleoptrata (black circles), Eupolybothrus litoralis (green circles), E. transsylvanicus (blue circles) and E. werneri (red arrows), distribution records in Peloponnisos.

FIGURE 4. Harpolithobius anodus (black circle), Lithobius agilis (black arrow), L. carinatus (red arrows), L. erythrocephalus (blue circles) and L. lapidicola (green circles), distribution records in Peloponnisos.