Lithobius melanops Newport 1845 ...

• Main Authors: Bachvarova, Darina, Vagalinski, Boyan, Doichinov, Aleksandar, Stoev, Pavel
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Chilopoda; Lithobiomorpha; Lithobiidae; Lithobius; Lithobius melanops; Koren; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6033076; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6033076

Lithobius melanops Newport, 1845 Koren (1992): 75, figs 22a–c. Material examined (NMNHS): 1 ad. ♀, Sofia, Poduene, N 42.422661, E 23.220843, bathroom of an apartment, 16.VI.2003, leg. R. Spasova, det. PS.; 1 specimen, Sofia, National Academy of Art, N 42.696305, E 23.327054, 20.VI.2003, leg. R. Spasova, det. PS.; 1 ♂, Sofia N 42.415175, E 23.191872, in a block, near to a potted plant, 19.IV.2003, leg. I. Borisov, det. PS.; 1 ♂, same place, 18.X.2003, leg. I. Borisov, det. PS. Remarks. This species is new to the Bulgarian fauna, although it was previously recorded in the city greens of Shumen, identified as Lithobius aff. melanops (Bachvarova et al. 2015). However, this is the first definite record of the species in the country. Lithobius melanops is widely distributed in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Britain I., Canary Is., Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark (mainland and Faroe Is.), Central and North European Russia, Finland, France (excl. Corsica), Germany, Hungary, Iceland, ... : Published as part of Bachvarova, Darina, Vagalinski, Boyan, Doichinov, Aleksandar & Stoev, Pavel, 2017, New records of millipedes and centipedes from Bulgaria, with an annotated checklist of the Bulgarian myriapods, pp. 507-526 in Zootaxa 4263 (3) on page 508, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/573649 ...