First occurrence of Arthropleura armata (Myriapoda) in the Moscovian (Carboniferous) of SW Sardinia (Italy)

Arthropleura armata Jordan, 1854 (Myriapoda) is herein described for the first time from Sardinia (Italy). The sample, represented by a large isolated fragment of a paratergite, was collected in the fluvio-lacustrine sequence of the Upper Pennsylvanian San Giorgio formation (Iglesias, southwestern Sardinia). To date, the Sardinian find represents the southernmost report of this taxon in Europe and is unique in the Italian record. Arthropleura represents a classical taxon of the Euro-American palaeo-equatorial biota that lived in rainforest habitats in late Westphalian times (i.e., late Moscovian of the International Chronostratigraphic Chart).