An updated synthesis of the Geophilomorpha (Chilopoda) of Asian Russia

By

Dyachkov, Yurii
Bonato, Lucio

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1198

Pages

17--54

Subjects

Biodiversity , Fauna , Geophilidae , Mecistocephalidae , Russian Far East , Schendylidae , Siberia

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1198.119781

 

Abstract

A comprehensive overview of the state of knowledge on the ChilopodaGeophilomorpha of the Asian part of Russia is presented, based on the critical revision of all published morphological descriptions and all geographical records. Revised diagnoses for all the 38 nominal species so far reported from Asian Russia are given, with comments on their validity. Among them a total of 18 species are recorded only from this region and many of them from a single locality only. The species belong to Geophilidae s. l., (in the genera Arctogeophilus, Geophilus, Pachymerium, and Strigamia), Schendylidae (Escaryus), and Mecistocephalidae (Agnostrup, Arrup, and Tygarrup). At least two species have been introduced, namely Geophilus flavus and Tygarrup javanicus. The history of studies on the Geophilomorpha in the Asian part of Russia are also summarized.