Abstract
Genus Stenotaenia C.L. Koch, 1847 is new to the fauna of the Middle Asia. The following taxa are new to the fauna of Turkmenistan: family Mecistocephalidae, genus Krateraspis Lignau, 1929, K. meinerti (Sseliwanoff, 1881), and genus Stenotaenia C.L. Koch, 1847. Genus Geophilus Leach, 1814 and G. lindbergi (Loksa, 1971) are new to Uzbekistan. All new records are illustrated. An updated list of the chilopod species dwelling in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan is provided.
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10239340
Corresponding author: Yurii V. Dyachkov (dyachkov793@mail.ru)
Academic editor: R. Yakovlev | Received 1 November 2023 | Accepted 16 November 2023 | Published 3 December 2023
http://zoobank.org/0BFFFAC1-CEFC-4870-B777-811670DC131B
Citation: Dyachkov YuV (2023) To the fauna of Geophilomorpha (Chilopoda) of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Acta Biologica Sibirica 9: 1073–1082. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10239340
Keywords
Biodiversity, fauna, Krateraspis, Mecistocephalidae, Middle Asia, new records, Repetek, Stenotaenia
Introduction
The centipede fauna of Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan is still poorly studied (Muralewicz 1926; Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1992; Krivokhatsky 1994; Dyachkov & Nedoev 2021; Dyachkov 2022b; Dyachkov 2022c; Dyachkov & Bonato 2022). This paper provides some new faunistic records from these countries.
Materials and methods
Material is deposited in the ZISP (abbreviations below).
The standardized terminology follows Bonato et al. (2010). Locality data are given as on the original labels; additional information is provided in square brackets.
The pictures have been taken using an Olympus DP74 digital camera attached to an Olympus SZX16 stereo microscope. The distribution map (Fig. 1) was generated using SimpleMappr software (Shorthouse 2010).
Abbreviations: coll. – collector, fragm. – fragment, ZISP – Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg.
Figure 1.Distribution of Geophilus lindbergi (Loksa, 1971) (oval), Stenotaenia sp. (star), and Krateraspis meinerti (Sseliwanoff, 1881) (square) in Middle Asian countries. Kg – Kyrgyzstan, Pa – Pakistan, Tj – Tajikistan. White color – previous records, green one – new data.
Result
Family Geophilidae Leach, 1816
Genus Geophilus Leach, 1814
Geophilus lindbergi (Loksa, 1971)
Figures 2–7
Clinopodes lindbergi Loksa 1971: 110.
Clinopodes lindbergi – Titova 1975: 309.
Geophilus lindbergi – Bonato et al. 2011: 197; Dyachkov & Nedoev 2021: 47; Dyachkov 2022a: 11.
Material. 1 male (ZISP chilo-64), [Uzbekistan, Bukhara Region], Bukhara [ca. N39°46', E64°26'], behind the Uglanovskie vorota [Uglon Gate], swamp, 7 April 1925, coll. M. Sokolov.
Distribution. Afghanistan (Loksa 1971; Dyachkov 2022a), Turkmenistan (“Kushka” [now Serhetabat, ca. N35°16', E62°20']) (Titova 1975), and Uzbekistan (new).
Remarks. Specimen has 53 leg-bearing segments.
This species and genus Geophilus are new to the fauna of Uzbekistan; present record is the northernmost range limit of the species.
Genus Stenotaenia C.L. Koch, 1847
Remarks. This genus is new to the fauna of the Middle Asia. Present record is easternmost range limit of the genus (Bonato & Minelli 2008).
Stenotaenia sp.
Figures 8–12
Material. 1 body fragm. (ZISP chilo-192), Turkmenistan, [Balkan Region], Ai-Dere [river valley, ca. N38°24', E56°44', Sunt-Hasardag Nature Reserve], 20–22 November [19]70, coll. unknown.
Remarks. Species identification is not possible due to absence of the rear body part.
Family Mecistocephalidae Bollman, 1893
Genus Krateraspis Lignau, 1929
Krateraspis meinerti (Sseliwanoff, 1881)
Figures 13–16
Mecistocephalus meinerti Sseliwanoff 1881a: 9; 1881b: 232; 1884: 73.
Krateraspis meinerti – Dyachkov 2019: 368; 2020: 79; 2023: 67; Dyachkov & Nedoev 2021: 44; Dyachkov & Bonato 2022: 149.
Tygarrup asiaticus Verhoeff 1930: 260.
Tygarrup asiaticus – Dyachkov & Bonato 2022: 149.
Material. 1 female (ZISP chilo-176), [Turkmenistan, Lebap Region], Repetek [N38°33'45", E63°10'38"], [date unknown], coll. Y. Bekman.
Distribution. Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan (Dyachkov & Bonato 2022), and Turkmenistan (new).
Remarks. This species, genus Krateraspis Lignau, 1929, and family Mecistocephalidae are new to the fauna of Turkmenistan.
Figure 2.Figures 2–7. Geophilus lindbergi (Loksa, 1971): 2, 3 – front body fragment, ventrally and dorsally; 4 – forcipules and first segment, ventrally; 5, 6 – rear body fragment, ventrally and dorsally; 7 – 7–8th segments, ventrally. Scale: 0.1 mm (7), 0.2 mm (2–6).
Conclusions
At present, the chilopod fauna of Uzbekistan is represented by at least 28 species in 16 genera, 8 families, and 4 orders; while the fauna of Turkmenistan consists of at least 16 species in 11 genera, 7 families, and 4 orders.
It should be recognized that our knowledge of Middle Asian Geophilomorpha is still far from being complete.
List of the Chilopoda species occurring in Uzbekistan
Order Geophilomorpha
Family Geophilidae
1. Geophilus lindbergi (Loksa, 1971)
2. Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835)
3. Taschkentia parthorum (Pocock, 1891)
4. T. bucharensis Verhoeff, 1930
Family Himantariidae
5. Bothriogaster signata (Kessler, 1874)
6. Polyporogaster porosa (Sseliwanoff, 1881)
7. P. turkestana Verhoeff, 1930
Family Mecistocephalidae
8. Arrup asiaticus (Titova, 1975)
9. Krateraspis meinerti (Sseliwanoff, 1881)
10. K. sselivanovi Titova, 1975
Order Lithobiomorpha
Family Henicopidae
11. Cermatobius kirgisicus (Zalesskaja, 1972)
Family Lithobiidae
12. Australobius magnus (Trotzina, 1894)
13. Bothropolys desertorum Lignau, 1929
14. B. ghilarovi Zalesskaja, 1975
15. B. lutulentus Verhoeff, 1930
16. Hessebius plumatus Zalesskaja, 1978
17. Lithobius crassipes L. Koch, 1862
18. L. javanicus (Zalesskaja, 1978)
19. L. krali (Dobroruka, 1979)
20. L. praeditus Zalesskaja, 1975
21. L. turkestanicus Attems, 1904
Order Scutigeromorpha
Family Scutigeridae
22. Scutigera asiatica Sseliwanoff, 1884
23. Thereuonema turkestana Verhoeff, 1905
Order Scolopendromorpha
Family Cryptopidae
24. Cryptops doriae Pocock, 1891
25. C. hortensis (Donovan, 1810)
Figure 3.Figures 8–12. Stenotaenia sp.: 8, 9 – front body fragment, ventrally and dorsally; 10 – forcipules, ventrally; 11 – clypeus and labrum, ventrally; 12 – 6–7th segments, ventrally. Scale: 0.1 mm (10–12), 0.2 mm (8, 9).
Figure 4.Figures 13–16. Krateraspis meinerti (Sseliwanoff, 1881): 13, 14 – front body fragment, ventrally and dorsally; 15, 16 – rear body fragment, ventrally and dorsally. Scale bar: 0.2 mm.
Family Scolopendridae
26. Scolopendra canidens Newport, 1844
27. S. cingulata Latreille, 1829
28. S. mirabilis (Porat, 1876)
List of the Chilopoda species occurring in Turkmenistan
Order Geophilomorpha
Family Geophilidae
1. Geophilus lindbergi (Loksa, 1971)
2. Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835)
3. Stenotaenia sp.
Family Himantariidae
4. Bothriogaster signata (Kessler, 1874)
5. Polyporogaster geminata (Silvestri, 1895)
6. P. porosa (Sseliwanoff, 1881)
Family Mecistocephalidae
7. Krateraspis meinerti (Sseliwanoff, 1881)
Order Lithobiomorpha
Family Lithobiidae
8. Hessebius barbipes (Porat, 1893)
9. L. icis Zalesskaja, 1978
10. L. juniperius Zalesskaja, 1978
11. L. vinciguerrae Silvestri, 1895
Order Scutigeromorpha
Family Scutigeridae
12. Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Order Scolopendromorpha
Family Cryptopidae
13. Cryptops hortensis (Donovan, 1810)
14. C. caucasius Verhoeff, 1934
Family Scolopendridae
15. Scolopendra canidens Newport, 1844
16. S. mirabilis (Porat, 1876)
Acknowledgements
I am grateful to Viktor A. Krivokhatsky (ZISP) who loaned the material. I also express my gratitude to Mariia A. Iuzhakova (Tomsk, Russia) who kindly checked the English of the draft. The reported study was funded by state assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (project FZMW- 2023-0006 “Endemic, local and invasive arthropods (Arthropoda) of the mountains of South Siberia and Central Asia: a unique gene pool of a biodiversity hotspot”).
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