Lithobius brandensis

5. Lithobius (Lithobius) brandensis Verhoeff, 1943

Lithobius brandensis Verhoeff 1943: 16, figs 20, 21. (1)

Lithobius brandensis Verhoeff 1943: Rémy 1950: 7. (2)

Lithobius brandensis Verh.: Manfredi 1956: 293. (3)

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

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

Lithobius (Lithobius) brandensis Verhoeff, 1943: Iorio 2010b: 41, 56, 74. (6)

Literature records.

General. Corsica (4, 5, 6). Cave. Haute-Corse, 2B - [Brando], cave of Brando, 90 m [88 m in Rémy 1950] (1, 2, loc. typ. of Lithobius brandensis Verhoeff, 1943) [I]. [Furiani], cave of Sulane, [240 m] (3) [I]. [Lano], cave e’ Cherpinede, [800 m] (3) [II].

General distribution.

Corsica (Geoffroy and Iorio 2009).

Chorotype.

Corsican endemic, uncertain affinities.

Ecological notes.

90-240 m; only in caves (3 sites; eutroglophilic species?). See Verhoeff (1943), Rémy (1950), Manfredi (1956).

Remarks.

To this species in part refers the generic quotation of “Chilopodes” published in Rémy (1950: 6, 7, 27) from the cave of Brando (collection date 1942) previously published by Verhoeff (1943), as well as those from the cave of Sulane and, partly, from the cave of Cherpinede (both collected in 1948), both later published by Manfredi (1956).