Tuoba poseidonis

33. Tuoba poseidonis (Verhoeff, 1901)

Geophilus (Nesogeophilus) poseidonis siscensis Verhoeff 1943: 8, fig. 12. (1)

Clinopodes poseidonis siscensis Verh.: Attems 1947: 122. (2)

Clinopodes poseidonis (Verhoeff, 1901): Minelli 1978: 158. (3)

Geophilus poseidonis Verhoeff 1901: Foddai et al. 1996: 361, Tab. I. (4)

Tuoba poseidonis (Verhoeff, 1901): Geoffroy and Iorio 2009: 688. (5)

Literature records.

General. Sardinia-Corsica (3). Corsica (4, 5). Epigeic. Haute-Corse, 2B - Marine de Sisco (1, 2, loc. typ. of Geophilus (Nesogeophilus) poseidonis siscensis Verhoeff, 1943) [I].

General distribution.

Europe: Finland, France (mainland, Corsica), Greece (mainland, insular), Italy (mainland, Sicily, Sardinia), Slovenia; North Africa: Egypt (Red Sea); West Asia: Jordan (Dead Sea); Tropical Africa: Somalia.

Chorotype.

Mediterranean.

Ecological notes.

Sea level; all records have been collected along the sea coast under stranded Posidonia oceanica or debris.

Remarks.

Geophilus (Nesogeophilus) poseidonis siscensis is a junior synonym of Tuoba poseidonis according to Minelli (2006).