Eupolybothrus (Eupolybothrus) litoralis ( L. Koch, 1867 )

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 : 307-308

2. Eupolybothrus (Eupolybothrus) litoralis ( L. Koch, 1867)

(1) Lithobius fasciatus Newp. : Verhoeff, 1899: 454, Fig. I b.

(2) Lithobius (Polybothrus) fasciatus graecus Verhoeff, 1899: 454 , Fig. I a. (3) L. fasciatus bosniensis Latzel : Verhoeff, 1901: 450.

(4) L. fasciatus graecus Verh. : Verhoeff, 1901: 450.

(5) Lithobius fasciatus Koch [sic!]: Attems, 1902: 545.

(6) Lithobius fasciatus subsp. graeca var. unicolor Attems, 1902: 548 . (7) Lithobius fasciatus subsp. graeca var: picta Attems, 1902: 548. (8) Polybothrus fasciatus (Newp.) : Kanellis, 1959: 29.

(9) Polybothrus fasciatus bosniensis Latz. : Kanellis, 1959: 29.

(10) Polybothrus fasciatus graecus Verh. : Kanellis, 1959: 30.

(11) Polybothrus fasciatus graecus var. pictus Att. : Kanellis, 1959: 30. (12) Eupolybothrus fasciatus (Newp.) : Matic, 1976: 290.

(13) Lithobius fasciatus graecus Verhoeff : Eason, 1983: 112, Fig. 1 . (14) Eupolybothrus (Eupolybothrus) grossipes (C.L. Koch) : Zapparoli, 1984: 202, figs. 16– 2l. (15) Eupolybothrus (Eupolybothrus) sp.: Zapparoli, 1984: 206.

(16) Eupolybothrus grossipes (L. Koch) : Matic & Stavropoulos, 1988: 37. (17) Eupolybothrus litoralis (L. Koch) : Zapparoli, 1990: 54, Fig. 4 . (18) Eupolybothrus (Eupolybothrus) litoralis (L. Koch) : Zapparoli, 1994: 27. (19) Eupolybothrus (Eupolybothrus) litoralis ( L. Koch, 1867) : Zapparoli, 2002: 11, Fig. 3 .

General distribution. Europe: Albania, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, FYR Macedonia, Greece (incl. Crete), Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia. West Asia: Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey ( Zapparoli 2002; Minelli et al. 2006).

Chorotype. E-Mediterranean (EME).

Records in Peloponnisos (5, 7, 8, 11) ( Fig. 3 ). Ahaia: Aroania Ori (18, 19); Aroania Ori, Kalavrita, Ski Resort (19); Aroania Ori, near Likouria (14, 19); Chrikali, along Tethros River (19); Kalavrita gorge (12, 19); pass between Klitoria and Kalivia, 1200 m (15, 19); Lapas (3, 9, 19); Patra (3, 9, 19). Argolida: Argos (13, 19); Argos, along Inachos river (19); Larissa, near Argos (2, 4, 6, 10, 19); Nafplio (2, 4, 10, 13, 19); Tirintha (2, 4, 6, 10, 13, 19). Arkadia: Oros Menalon, Vitina (14, 19); 1 km E Vitina, crossroads to Vitina, 1025 m (19); Tripoli (1, 3, 9, 19); NW of Tripoli, road to Alonistena, 1450 m (19). Korinthia: Lake of Stimfalia (15, 19); Oros Killini, 1500 m (14, 19); Oros Killini, Ano Sinikia Trikala, 1500 m (18, 19); Oros Killini, summit, 2350 m (18, 19); Oros Killini, Oros Ziria, 2010 m (19). Lakonia: near Alepochori, 850 m (14, 19); Taigetos (17, 19); Taigetos, Ladas (loc. typ. of Lithobius fasciatus subsp. graeca var. picta Attems, 1902 ) (7, 11, 19); Taigetos, Poliana, 1000–1300 m (14, 19); Taigetos, Profitis Ilias (16, 19). Messinia: Kalamata (3, 9, 19); Kalamata, between Artemissia and Langada Pass (19); Ithomi (4, 10, 19).

New records from Mt. Parnonas ( Fig. 3 ). 3 exx., Arkadia, Arkadia, Stravorachi, west of Kastanitsa (loc. 5), 1485 m, N37.238169 / E22.610705, 26 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Arkadia, Sitaina to Platanos, close to Panagia church (loc. 7), 770 m, N37.301359 / E22.658826, 27 Oct. 2014; 2 exx., Arkadia, Arkadia, Platanos north by the river (loc. 8), 410 m, N37.326315 / E22.65768, 27 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Arkadia, Meligarias south of Oreini Meligou (loc. 9), 810 m, N37.350434 / E22.671654, 27 Oct. 2014; 6 exx., Arkadia, Arkadia, Xirokampi 1.2 km W of Agios Ioannis (loc. 10), 870 m, N37.349902 / E22.593355, 27 Oct. 2014; 3 exx., Arkadia, Arkadia, Moni Panagias Malevis (loc. 11), 880 m, N37.328907 / E22.572301, 27 Oct. 2014; 4 exx., Arkadia, Arkadia, Mazia gorge NE Kastanitsa (loc. 13), 480 m, N37.277568 / E22.673011, 28 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Arkadia, Kastanitsa 1km north of the village on the road (loc. 16), 800 m, N37.270736 / E22.659336, 28 Oct. 2014; 3 exx., Arkadia, Arkadia, Agios Ioannis Theologos church, mountain refuge (loc. 19), 1610 m, N37.226653 / E22.591896, 29 Oct. 2014; 3 exx., Arkadia, Arkadia, Kastanitsa to Agios Vasileios, E of Gaitanorachi (loc. 20), 1455 m, N37.224892 / E22.643886, 29 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Arkadia, Kastanitsa to Parnonas refuge, crossroad to Agios Vasileios (loc. 21), 1560 m, N37.224316 / E22.616548, 29 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Arkadia, Parnonas mt. refuge (loc. 24), 1480 m, N37.220203 / E22.613662, 29 Oct. 2014; 2 exx., Arkadia, Arkadia, Mavrovouni, mountain plateau west of Sitaina (loc. 25), 1330 m, N37.300473 / E22.615434, 30 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Arkadia, Bogreika Kalyvia, Malevos plateau west slopes (loc. 26), 1280 m, N37.286459 / E22.593247, 30 Oct. 2014; 3 exx., Arkadia, Arkadia, Agios Petros village, crossroad to Kastanitsa (loc. 27), 920 m, N37.321625 / E22.563531, 30 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Agios Panteleimon village, cultivations (loc. 28), 375 m, N37.309809 / E22.696487, 31 Oct. 2014; 2 exx., Arkadia, Agios Andreas to Agios Panteleimon, crossroad to Moni Eortakoustis (loc. 29), 190 m, N37.323139 / E22.714269, 31 Oct. 2014; 3 exx., Arkadia, Parnonas mountain refuge to Agios Vasileios, 4.5 km SW of the refuge (loc. 37), 1440 m, N37.226428 / E22.641807, 1 May 2015; 2 exx., Arkadia, Prastos, 3 km N of the village (loc. 41), 1215 m, N37.239358 / E22.671086, 1 May 2015; 1 ex., Arkadia, Prastos to Kastanitsa, 3 km E of Prastos (loc. 42), 525 m, N37.259315 / E22.698692, 1 May 2015; 1 ex., 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, 0.5 km S of Xirokampi (loc. 45), 970 m, N37.332846 / E22.595668, 2 May 2015; 1 ex., Arkadia, Xirokampi to Sitaina, 6.5 km SE of Xirokampi (loc. 47), 1200 m, N37.311646 / E22.626663, 2 May 2015; 1 ex., Arkadia, Xirokampi to Sitaina, 7.5 km SE of Xirokampi (loc. 48), 1150 m, N37.31695 / E22.629196, 2 May 2015; 3 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; 1 ex., Arkadia, Kronion Oros, mountain plateau W of Agios Ilias church (loc. 54), 1650 m, N37.287021 / E22.605119, 3 May 2015.

New records from Peloponnisos ( Fig. 3 ). 1 ♀, Ilia, Neohori, 40 m, N37.51792 / E 21.61389, 20 Apr. 2003, P. Cerretti; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Ahaia, Kalavrita, Mt. Aroania, 1700 m, 17 May 2004, G. Osella.

Ecological notes. 0–2600 m; an euriecious species, common in open Quercus coccifera and Juniperus macrocarpa scrubs, in broadleaved woods ( Quercus spp., Castanea sativa , Populus sp.), in Platanus orientalis riparian woods, in mixed or pure forests with Abies cephalonica , Pinus nigra , Fagus sylvatica , in Mediterranean phrygana, in caves, and in agroecosystems ( Chamberlin 1956; Zapparoli 1994, 1996, 2002).

Remarks. The specimens from Peloponnisos are assigned to the subspecies Eupolybothrus litoralis graecus ( Verhoeff 1899) , according to Eason (1970).

Figures

FIGURE 1. All sampling sites in Peloponnisos (black stars) where centipedes were collected based on literature.

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.