Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835)

Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail, Zapparoli, Marzio, Minelli, Alessandro & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, The centipede fauna (Chilopoda) of the island of Cyprus, with one new lithobiomorph species, Zootaxa 3647 (2), pp. 279-306 : 297-298

* Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835)

Material examined: 15 3, 17 ƤƤ, 1 unsexed.

Sites: 16, 29, 51, 52, 58, 67, 80, 90, 119, 125, 135, 140, 141, 151, 152, 169, 171 ( Fig. 19 ). General distribution. Europe: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Russia, Finland, France (mainland, Corsica), Great Britain, Greece (mainland, Crete, Cyclades, Dodecanese), Hungary, Italy (mainland, Sicily, Sardinia), Latvia, FYR Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal (mainland, Azores Isl., Madeira Is.), Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain (mainland, Balearic Isl., Canary Isl.), Sweden, The Netherlands; North Africa: Algeria, Central Sahara, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia; West Asia: Caucasus, Cyprus, Iran, Palestine, Turkey, Uzbekistan; East Asia: Japan (introduced); North America: Alaska, introduced elsewere; Central America: Mexico (introduced); South America: Chile (Juán Fernández Is., introduced; Easter Is., introduced); Pacific islands: Hawaii Isl. (introduced) (Palmén & Rantala 1954; Zapparoli 2002; Simaiakis et al. 2005).

Chorotype. West Palaearctic.

Habitats. Phryganic formations, Pinus forests, ravines, in habitats with Quercus alnifolia , Pinus and Platanus orientalis , mixed Pinus forests.

Altitudinal range: 0–1700 m.

Range of leg pairs recorded in Cyprus. 43–57 (3) and 43–57 (ƤƤ).

Figures

FIGURE 19. Pachymerium ferrugineum, Schizotaenia sp. and Stenotaenia naxia, distribution in Cyprus.