Lithobius aidonensis

3. Lithobius (Lithobius) aidonensis Verhoeff, 1943

Lithobius aidonensis Verhoeff 1943: 16, fig. 22. (1)

Lithobius aidonensis valdoniellensis Verhoeff 1943: 16. (2)

? Lithobius aidonensis Verh.: Manfredi 1956: 292. (3)

Lithobius aidoniensis Verhoeff, 1943: Foddai et al. 1996: 360, Tab. I. (4)

Lithobius (Lithobius) aidonensis Verhoeff 1943: Geoffroy and Iorio 2009: 675. (5)

Lithobius (Lithobius) aidonensis Verhoeff 1943: Iorio 2010b: 22, 73, fig. 95. (6)

Literature records.

General. Corsica (4, 5, 6). Epigeic. Corse-du-Sud, 2A - Aidone [= Aitone], near, 1050-1070 m, "in wald" (1, loc. typ. of Lithobius aidonensis Verhoeff, 1943) [II]. Haute-Corse, 2B - Lento, Tralimonti (6) [I]. Olmi-Cappella (6) [II]. Valdoniella [= Valdu Niellu], near Aidone [= Aitone], 1050 m (2, loc. typ. of Lithobius aidonensis valdoniellensis Verhoeff, 1943) [II]. Cave. Corse-du-Sud, 2A - Cargèse, cave Manuel-Ange (6) [I]. Haute-Corse, 2B - Castiglione, cave Labarecco (6) [I]. Lano, cave e’ Cherpinede, [800 m] (3, 6) [II].

Material examined.

Epigeic. Haute-Corse, 2B - Olmi-Cappella, near the cemetery: 20.XI.2010, JR-JML, 2 ♂♂ EI det. (CEI) [II].

General distribution.

Corsica (Geoffroy and Iorio 2009).

Chorotype.

Corsican endemic, W-Mediterranean affinities (?).

Ecological notes.

1050-1070 m; recorded only from localities of the Mesomediterranean and Supramediterranean belts. Epigeic, one record from a forest habitat (1 site); also in caves (3 sites; trogloxene species). See Verhoeff (1943), Rémy (1950), Iorio (2010b).

Remarks.

Manfredi (1956) doubtfully assigned to this species a female from the cave of Cherpinede (Lano). To this material in part refers the generic quotation of “Chilopodes” published in Rémy (1950: 27) from the same locality (collection date 1948).

The identity of Lithobius aidonensis valdoniellensis with Lithobius aidonensis, first suggested by Minelli (2006) was formalized by Iorio (2010b).