IJM 7: 15–68 (2012) A peer-reviewed open-access journal The centipedes (Chilopoda) of Corsica: catalogue of species with faunistic, zoogeographical...INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL15 OF doi: 10.3897/ijm.7.3110 RESEARCH articLE www.pensoft.net/journals/ijm Myriapodology The centipedes (Chilopoda) of Corsica: catalogue of species with faunistic, zoogeographical and ecological remarks Marzio Zapparoli1, Etienne Iorio2 1 Dipartimento per la Innovazione nei Sistemi Biologici, Agroalimentari e Forestali (DIBAF), Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Via San Camillo de Lellis, I-01100 Viterbo, Italy 2 Attaché au Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN) - DSE USM 602, 9 impasse Sarturan, 13005 Marseille, France Corresponding author: Marzio Zapparoli (
[email protected]) Academic editor: Pavel Stoev | Received 21 March 2012 | Accepted 7 May 2012 | Published 5 June 2012 Citation: Zapparoli M, Iorio E (2012) The centipedes (Chilopoda) of Corsica: catalogue of species with faunistic, zoogeographical and ecological remarks. International Journal of Myriapodology 7: 15–68. doi: 10.3897/ijm.7.3110 Abstract Published and unpublished data on the centipedes of Corsica (France) is summarised and critically reviewed in this paper. Thirty-three species are listed and discussed (1 Scutigeromorpha, 11 Lithobio- morpha, 4 Scolopendromorpha, 17 Geophilomorpha), one of which is new to the island: Henia (Pseu- dochaetechelyne) brevis (Silvestri, 1896). General geographical distribution, chorotype, exact localities and ecological notes (altitudinal range, habitats) are given for each species. Eight species are Corsican endem- ics. Taxonomic remarks are given for some species. General notes on the composition of the centipede fauna of Corsica and its zoogeographic affinities as well as remarks on the ecology of the species and their assemblages are also included.