01074nas a2200157 4500008004100000245020200041210007000243260000900313300001000322490000600332520037500338100002100713700002300734700002000757856013900777 2014 eng d00aWiederentdeckung des Gürtelskolopenders (Chilopoda: Scolopendra cingulata) im Neusiedlersee-Gebiet Österreichs, mit Anmerkungen zum Spinnenläufer (Chilopoda: Scutigera coleoptrata)0 aWiederentdeckung des Gürtelskolopenders Chilopoda iScolopendra c c2014 a63-730 v83 a

Full title: Wiederentdeckung des Gürtelskolopenders (Chilopoda: Scolopendra cingulata) im Neusiedlersee-Gebiet Österreichs, mit Anmerkungen zum Spinnenläufer (Chilopoda: Scutigera coleoptrata) und zum pannonischen Laufkäfer (Coleoptera: Carabus hungaricus) aus demselben Gebiet

 

1 aBöhme, Wolfgang1 aOeyen, Jan, Philip1 aWesener, Thomas uhttps://myriatrix.myspecies.info/content/wiederentdeckung-des-g%C3%BCrtelskolopenders-chilopoda-scolopendra-cingulata-im-neusiedlersee02447nas a2200169 4500008004100000245016700041210006900208260001500277300001200292490000600304520183000310100002302140700002102163700002102184700002002205856005202225 2014 eng d00aThe Evolutionary History of the Rediscovered Austrian Population of the Giant Centipede Scolopendra cingulata Latreille 1829 (Chilopoda, Scolopendromorpha)0 aEvolutionary History of the Rediscovered Austrian Population of  c24/09/2014 ae1086500 v93 a

The thermophilous giant centipede Scolopendra cingulata is a voracious terrestrial predator, which uses its modified first leg pair and potent venom to capture prey. The highly variable species is the most common of the genus in Europe, occurring from Portugal in the west to Iran in the east. The northernmost occurrences are in Hungary and Romania, where it abides in small isolated fringe populations. We report the rediscovery of an isolated Austrian population of Scolopendra cingulata with the first explicit specimen records for more than 80 years and provide insights into the evolutionary history of the northernmost populations utilizing fragments of two mitochondrial genes, COI and 16S, comprising 1,155 base pairs. We test the previously proposed hypothesis of a speciation by distance scenario, which argued for a simple range expansion of the species from the southeast, via Romania, Hungary and finally to Austria, based on a comprehensive taxon sampling from seven countries, including the first European mainland samples. We argue that more complex patterns must have shaped the current distribution of S. cingulata and that the Austrian population should be viewed as an important biogeographical relict in a possible microrefugium. The unique haplotype of the Austrian population could constitute an important part of the species genetic diversity and we hope that this discovery will initiate protective measures not only for S. cingulata, but also for its habitat, since microrefugia are likely to host further rare thermophilous species. Furthermore, we take advantage of the unprecedented sampling to provide the first basic insights into the suitability of the COI fragment as a species identifying barcode within the centipede genus Scolopendra.

1 aOeyen, Jan, Philip1 aFunke, Sebastian1 aBöhme, Wolfgang1 aWesener, Thomas uhttp://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108650