Henia (Henia) illyrica (Meinert, 1870)

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 : 331-332

33. Henia (Henia) illyrica (Meinert, 1870)

(1) Chaetechelyne vesuviana Newp. [sic!]: Daday, 1889: 144.

(2) Chaetechelyne montana Mein. : Daday, 1889: 144.

(3) Sc. [ Scotophilus ] illyricus Mein.: Verhoeff, 1901: 455.

(4) Henia illyrica Mein. [sic!): Attems, 1903b: 275.

(5) Chaetechelyne montana Mein. : Attems, 1903b: 280.

(6) H. illyrica (Mein.) : Attems, 1929a: 236.

(7) C. montana Mein. : Attems, 1929a: 240.

(8) Henia illyrica Mein. [sic!]: Attems, l929b: 464.

(9) Chaetechelyne montana Mein. : Attems, l929c: 299.

(10) Chaetechelyne illyrica (Mein.) : Kanellis, 1959: 15.

(11) Chaetechelyne montana Mein. : Kanellis, 1959: 16.

(12) Chaetechelyne vesuviana (Newp.) : Kanellis, 1959: 16.

(13) Henia (Henia) illyrica (Meinert) : Zapparoli, 1994: 16.

(14) Henia (Henia) illyrica (Meinert, 1870) : Zapparoli, 2002: 85, fig. 39.

General distribution. Europe: Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, FYR Macedonia, Germany, Greece (incl. Ionian Is.), Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia. West Asia: Caucasus, Turkey ( Zapparoli 2002; Minelli et al. 2006).

Chorotype. S-European (SEU).

Records in Peloponnisos (4, 6, 12) ( Fig. 11 ). Ahaia: Mihas, E Platanos, 1300 m (14); Oros Panahaiko (8, 10, 14); Patra (2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14). Argolida: Larissa fortress, near Argos (3, 10, 14). Arkadia: Oros Menalon, Vitina, near Drakotripia, 1450 m (13, 14); 1 km E Vitina, crossroads to Vitina, 1025 m (14); Tripoli (3, 10, 14). Ilia: Koumanis (1, 14). Korinthia: Oros Killini, Ano Sinikia Trikala, 1500 m (13, 14). Lakonia: Taigetos, Poliana, 1000– 1300 m (13, 14); Taigetos, 1300 m (13, 14); Taigetos, near refuge, 1650–1700 m (13, 14); Taigetos, refuge, 1800– 2000 m (14).

New records from Mt. Parnonas ( Fig. 11 ). 1 ex., Arkadia, Sitaina to Platanos, close to Panagia church (loc. 7), 770 m, N37.301359 / E22.658826, 27 Oct. 2014; 3 exx., Arkadia, Agios Ioannis Theologos church, mountain refuge (loc. 19), 1610 m, N37.226653 / E22.591896, 29 Oct. 2014; 2 exx., Arkadia, Kastanitsa to Parnonas refuge, crossroad to Agios Vasileios (loc. 21), 1560 m, N37.224316 / E22.616548, 29 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., Arkadia, Parnonas mt. refuge (loc. 24), 1480 m, N37.220203 / E22.613662, 29 Oct. 2014; 1 ex., 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; 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, Parnonas mountain refuge to Prastos, 8 km SW of the refuge (loc. 39), 1350 m, N37.221529 / E22.665197, 1 May 2015; 3 exx., Arkadia, Prastos, 4 km N of the village (loc. 40), 1240 m, N37.231459 / E22.667264, 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; 1 ex., Arkadia, Sitaina, 5 km NW of the village (loc. 49), 1050 m, N37.301055 / E22.643345, 2 May 2015; 2 exx., Arkadia, Kastanitsa to Moni Kontolinas, 9 km S of Kastanitsa (loc. 53), 1015 m, N37.234785 / E22.655821, 2 May 2015; 2 exx., Arkadia, Kronion Oros, mountain plateau W of Agios Ilias church (loc. 54), 1650 m, N37.287021 / E22.605119, 3 May 2015.

Ecological notes. 0–2400 m; in Carpinus woods, in Platanus orientalis riparian woods, in Abies cephalonica , Pinus nigra and Fagus sylvatica woods, and in agroecosystems ( Dobroruka 1965; Zapparoli 1996, 2002).

Remarks. The old records of Chaetechelyne vesuviana Newport, 1845 , and C. montana (Meinert, 1870) from Peloponnisos, published by Daday (1889), are assigned to this species ( Zapparoli 2002).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Dignathodon microcephalum (black circle), Henia athenarum (green circles), H. devia (blue circles), H. illyrica (red arrows), H. bicarinata (blue arrows) and H. pulchella (black arrow), distribution records in Peloponnisos.