The centipede fauna (Chilopoda) of the island of Cyprus, with one new lithobiomorph species

Zootaxa

Volumn 3647, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 279-306

  Simaiakis, Stylianos Michail ^a   Zapparoli, Marzio ^b   Minelli, Alessandro ^c   Bonato, Lucio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geophilomorpha; Lithobiomorpha; Lithobius anderssoni; Scolopendromorpha; Scutigeromorpha; Species catalogue; Taxonomy; Troodos mountain; West Asia

Indexed keywords

CHILOPODA; CRYPTOPS; CRYPTOPS TRISULCATUS; GEOPHILOMORPHA; GEOPHILUS; GEOPHILUS CARPOPHAGUS; LITHOBIOMORPHA; LITHOBIUS; PACHYMERIUM FERRUGINEUM; SCHENDYLIDAE; SCOLOPENDROMORPHA; SCUTIGERA COLEOPTRATA; SCUTIGEROMORPHA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTHROPOD; CLASSIFICATION; CYPRUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; CYPRUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84878860959     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.2.3     Document Type: Article

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