Lithobius piceus L. Koch, 1862

Dyachkov, Yurii V., Davoodi, Parisa & Zarei, Roghaieh, 2023, The Chilopoda fauna of the Hyrcanian ecoregion, Ecologica Montenegrina 70, pp. 46-59 : 54

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scientific name	Lithobius piceus L. Koch, 1862
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31. Lithobius piceus L. Koch, 1862 View in CoL

Lithobius piceus View in CoL – Zalesskaja 1972: 123; 1978: 78; Samedov et al. 1976: 76.

Lithobius piceus caucasica Muralewicz 1926: 33 View in CoL ; 1929: 68.

Lithobius piceus caucasica View in CoL – Zalesskaja 1978: 78.

Material. 1 ♀ ( ZCUMZ No. 6), Iran, Mazandaran Province, Menjiroud, Kinj Village, Nowshahr County, N36°24'28.377", E51°30'5.157", 1610 m, Quercus and Fagus forest, coll. P. Davoodi; 1 ♀ ( ZCUMZ No. 18), Darabkola village, Central District of Miandorud County, N36°33'39.02", E53°15'9.77", 120 m, Carpinus betulus , Parrotia persica , Quercus and Fagus forest; 2 ♀, 1 ♂ ( ZCUMZ No. 29, 31, 32), Gilan Province, Ghale roudkhan, Fouman County, Fouman city, N37°3'49.904", E49°14'30.588".

Records in the HE. Azerbaijan Republic: Lenkaran (as L. piceus caucasica, Muralewicz 1926 , 1929; Zalesskaja 1972; Samedov et al. 1976), Masally, Lerik, Astara, and Yardimli districts ( Zalesskaja 1972, 1978), Iran: Gilan and Mazandaran provinces (present record).

Distribution. Central Europe and Caucasus ( Zalesskaja 1978; Stoev 2007).

Remarks. L. piceus caucasica was synonymized under L. piceus by Zalesskaja (1978).

This species is new to the centipede fauna of Iran.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Chilopoda
Order	Lithobiomorpha
Family	Lithobiidae
Genus	Lithobius