The first record of the anopsobiid genus Shikokuobius Shinohara, 1982 in continental Asia, with the description of a new species from the Altais, southwestern Siberia, Russia (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha, Anopsobiidae)

By

Farzalieva, Gyulli
Nefediev, Pavel

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

793

Pages

15-28

Subjects

Altai Mountains , Centipede , new species , Russia , Siberia , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.793.29221

 

Abstract

A new lithobiomorph species, Shikokuobiusaltaicussp. n., is described from the Altai Mountains in southwestern Siberia, Russia. This is the first record of the genus Shikokuobius Shinohara, 1982 in continental Asia, all previous reports being from Japan. The distribution of Shikokuobius is mapped.