A contribution to the centipede (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha, Scolopendromorpha) fauna of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan

Abstract

Cryptops doriae Pocock, 1891 and Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829 are new to the fauna of Uzbekistan, while Polyporogaster porosa (Sseliwanoff, 1881) is new to Turkmenistan. Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835) is new to the Sirdaryo Region, while Bothriogaster signata (Kessler, 1874) is formally new to the Qashqadaryo and Sirdaryo Regions of Uzbekistan. The full lists of the chilopod species from Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan are provided: 22 and 12 species, respectively.

Morphology and distribution of the Middle Asian centipede genus Krateraspis Lignau, 1929 (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha, Mecistocephalidae)

“…Recorded from 24 localities, from Western Tian-Shan to the western offshoots of Pamir Mts (Fig. 1 ), in the following countries and administrative units: Kazakhstan (Turkistan and Jambyl regions), Uzbekistan (Tashkent region), Kyrgyzstan (Jalal-Abad region), and Tajikistan (Region of Republican Subordination, Khatlon, and Sughd regions) ( Sseliwanoff 1881a , 1881b , 1884 ; Lignau 1929a , 1929b ; Titova 1965 , 1975 ; Dyachkov 2019 , 2020 ; Dyachkov and Nedoev 2021 ; present records).…”

“…We examined the holotype of K. meinerti (at ZISP ; for abbreviations see below), one of the syntypes of its junior synonym Tygarrup asiaticus (at NHRS ), at least six paratypes and some other possible paratypes of K. sselivanovi (at ZMMU ; see corresponding Remarks), a specimen originally assumed by Verhoeff (1930) to be a juvenile T. asiaticus (at ZMB ), 67 specimens of K. meinerti (at ASU , ZMMU , and ZISP ) already reported by Dyachkov (2019 , 2020 ) and Dyachkov and Nedoev (2021) , and 18 other specimens of K. meinerti and nine of K. sselivanovi (at ZMMU ).…”

“…The genus Krateraspis Lignau, 1929 is one of the least known and least distinct genera of the centipede family Mecistocephalidae Bollman, 1893 ( Bonato et al 2003 ). All reliable records are from a narrow area in the Middle Asia ( Titova 1975 ; Dyachkov 2019 , 2020 ; Dyachkov and Nedoev 2021 ), and they are currently referred to two species, K. meinerti (Sseliwanoff, 1881) and K. sselivanovi Titova, 1975 ( Bonato et al 2016 ). A satisfactory diagnosis of the genus is missing, the published accounts on its morphology are incomplete and contained ambiguous details, and the differential characters of the species have not been scrutinized carefully.…”

“…In the same paper, Titova described a second species of Krateraspis , namely K. sselivanovi Titova, 1975, from Sharak (Tajikistan), as well as a putative third species from the Russian Far East, namely K. striganovae Titova, 1975, which however has been later recognized in a distinct genus Agnostrup Foddai, Bonato, Pereira & Minelli, 2003. Other records of Krateraspis meinerti , additional information on its morphology and some first photographs were published by Dyachkov (2019 , 2020 ) and Dyachkov and Nedoev (2021) .…”

Himantariidae Bollman, 1893 (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha), a new family for the Mongolian fauna

“…P. porosa is mostly spread on plains (deserts and semi-deserts) and partly on mountains (mountain steppes and deserts) in the Middle Asia (Dyachkov 2020a(Dyachkov , 2020bDyachkov & Nedoev 2021). P. porosa is recorded on N slope of Baitag-Bogd-Uul Mt.…”