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Fig. l . Percenrages of main chororypes (Holoarctic, European, Medirerranean) and Italian endemie species in the
centipede fauna of the centra! Apennines; see rext far the abbreviarions
T yrrhenian endemie species respectively; moreover, i t should be noted that
the centrai Apennine region has approximately a third of the centipede
species exclusive to the Itaiian fauna, 48 according to Foddai et al. (1995),
even if this estimate is probably in excess given the uncertain vaiidity of some
taxa (Zapparoli an d Minelli, 2006);
a percent lightly greater than 50% of northern elements, Holarctic (4 species)
and especiaily European sensu lato species, sixty percent of the former repre-
sented by lithobiomorph species; among the European species, the S-European
(l O species) an d the Centraieuropean (7 species) species are prevaient; more-
aver, the European component is more consistent in the more internai
Apennine areas, which are part of the centrai mountain chain (Reatini, Velino-
Sirente, Marsicana, Matese Mountains), and, secondarily, in areas of the more
orientai Apennine chains (Catria, Nerone, Sibillini, Laga, Gran Sasso, Maiella
Mountains); lower vaiues were observed in the reliefs of the western moun-
tain chains (Sabini, Prenestini, Simbruini-Ernici, Cairo Mountains) and of the
Anti-Apennines mountains (Lepini and Ausoni-Aurunci Mountains); imer-
mediate values were observed in the hilly areas of volcanic origin of the
Tyrrhenian side (Amiata, Tolfa, Cimini-Vicani, Sabatini Mountains, and
Albani Hills); in the flatlands and hilly areas, in particular those aiong the
Adriatic side, the consistency of this component is, on the contrary, relatively
modest;

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