The millipedes (Diplopoda) of the Republic of North Ossetia – Alania, northern Caucasus, Russia, with special reference to the fauna of the North Ossetian Nature Reserve

Abstract

из 15 родов, десяти семейств и пяти отрядов. Лишь половина этих видов, для которых указаны фаунистические находки и частично даны иллюстрации, отмечена на территории заповедника. В фауне доминируют кавказские эндемичные или субэндемичные зоогеографические элементы, которые в основном приурочены к горным лесам. Распространение диплопод вниз (в более сухие степные или ксерофильные лесные биотопы) или вверх (в субальпийские и альпийские луга) имеет тенденцию становиться все более спорадическим, и это лишь подчеркивает то, что Diplopoda в целом -это мезофильная лесная группа почвенно-подстилочной мезофауны.

An annotated checklist of the springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) recorded from the foothill and mountain parts of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, North Caucasus, Russia

“…Endemism of the Collembola of North Ossetia at the species level is not especially high for such a varied region. This is quite evident in comparison with other poorly vagile soil animals [Abdurakhmanov, 2017;Golovatch and Antipova, 2022]. Among the 146 species and 68 genera of Collembola yet recorded from the republic, only 18 species (nearly 12%) from 11 genera (16%) show a Caucasian distribution pattern, being endemic or subendemic to the Caucasus region.…”

New records of millipedes (Diplopoda) from the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, northern Caucasus, Russia

“…REMARKS. A widespread Caucasian species, also known from Turkey [Golovatch et al, 2015;Golovatch, Antipova, 2022;Evsyukov et al, 2022]. In Karachay-Cherkessia, it has only been recorded from the valley of Laba River [Golovatch et al, 2015].…”

New records of millipedes (Diplopoda) from the Caucasus region

“…REMARKS. Endemic to the western Caucasus, widespread, ranging from Krasnodar Province in the north to Abkhazia and southern Georgia in the south, and from the Black Sea coast in the west to North Ossetia -Alania in the east [Lohmander, 1936;Read, 1992;Chumachenko, 2016;Golovatch, Antipova, 2022].…”

“…Evsyukov leg. REMARKS. Subendemic to the East European, or Russian Plain [Lokšina, 1969;Chornyi, Golovatch, 1993;Golovatch, 1984], in the south up to the subalpine meadows of North Ossetia -Alania, northern macro slope of the central Caucasus Major [Golovatch, Antipova, 2022]. Very common in the Rostov-on-Don Region [Evsyukov, Golovatch, 2013].…”

“…Endemic of the Caucasus Major. Described from North Ossetia -Alania, as well as the Krasnodar and Stavropol provinces of Russia, and the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region of Georgia [Antić, Makarov, 2016Golovatch, Antipova, 2022].…”