Stenotaenia naxia (Verhoeff, 1901)

Chipman, Ariel D., Dor, Neta & Bonato, Lucio, 2013, Diversity and biogeography of Israeli geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), Zootaxa 3652 (2), pp. 232-248 : 238

Stenotaenia naxia (Verhoeff, 1901)

Published records: “Chuldah” [Hulda], “El Muraw” [possibly near Jericho?], “Ramleh”, “Rehobot” [Rehovot], “See Genezareth” [Sea of Galilee] (Verhoeff 1925, sub Geophilus linearis naxius ); ”ha-Masreq” [HaMasreq reserve] (Zapparoli 1995).

New records: none.

Distribution in Israel: most records are from the southern Judean Plains, and one from near the Sea of Galilee. Average annual temperatures are 18–22˚C and annual precipitations are 450–650 mm ( Figure 3 D). The El Muraw site is not included in the presumptive distribution, due to its uncertain position.

Global distribution: the species inhabits the eastern part of the Mediterranean basin, from the Aegean islands to Israel.

Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes. S. naxia has been confirmed as a distinct species after a recent revision of the genus Stenotaenia (Bonato & Minelli 2008) . Despite the fact that we could not examine representatives of S. naxia from Israel, published records are accepted as reliable according to the number of legs reported.

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FIGURE 3. Sampling locations and presumptive distribution sites for members of the Geophilidae and Mecistocephalidae. A) Clinopodes escherichii. B) Geophilus cf. carpophagus. C) Pachymerium ferrugineum. D) Stenotaenia naxia. E) Stenotaenia palaestina. F) Mecistocephalus evansi.