Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835)

Dyachkov, Yu. V. & Tuf, I. H., 2019, NEW DATA ON THE FAMILY GEOPHILIDAE LEACH, 1815 (CHILOPODA: GEOPHILOMORPHA) FROM KAZAKHSTAN, Far Eastern Entomologist 391, pp. 24-28 : 26-27

Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835)

MATERIAL. Kazakhstan: South Kazakhstan Region, Otyrar District, 65 km SW

Shaulder Village , Kayraktau Mts, ravine, steppe, under stones, 42°17'53.8" N, 67°46'21.0" E ,

314 m, 24.IV 2017, 10 ♂, 6 ♀, 1 fragm., YD ( ASU No 4); same locality, 42°18'19.5" N ,

67°46'28.1" E, 292 m, 02. V .2017, 1 ♂, YD ( ASU No 5); East Kazakhstan Region, Katonkaragay District, Ulken-Naryn Village , garden , 49°12'52.1" N, 84°30'04.0" E, 403 m, 24. VI

2016, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, YD ( ASU No 9); environs of N Ulken-Naryn Village , steppe, under stones ,

49°13'27.0" N, 84°31'18.5" E, 466 m, 26.VI 2016, 3 ♂, 3 ♀, YD ( ASU No 6); 3,7 km N

Ulken-Naryn Village , steppe, under stones, 49°15'07.4" N, 84°30'43.8" E, 485 m, 28.VI 2016 , 1

♀, 1 juv., YD ( ASU No 7); 10 km NW Alybay Village , steppe, under stones, 49°17'40.2" N ,

84°07'03.5" E, 397 m, 30.VI 2016, 1 ♀, 3 juv., YD ( ASU No 8); Southern Altai Mts , Kara-

Kaba river Valley, 48°57'00.24" N, 86°04'59.81" E, 1450 m, 01.VII 2018, 2 ♀, RY, VR, AN

( ASU No 85); Urzhar District, Tarbagatai Mt Range, near Urzhar Village, shrub thickets,

Malus , Berberis , Rosa , 15. V 1981 , 1 ♂, 1 ♀, MG, TSP, VY ( ZMMU Rc 7736); West Kazakhstan Region, Zhanybek District, environs of Zhanybek Town , forest belt, Quercus , soil samples, 08. V 2005 , 1 ♂, 1 ♀, TVP ( PSU); Zhanybek Station, Artemísia , soil sample No. 3,

23 VI 1982 , 1 ♀, KM ( ZMMU Rc 7799); same locality, soil sample No. 4, 01. VI 1982, 1 ♂,

KM ( ZMMU Rc 7800); same locality, soil sample No. 2, 01. VI 1982, 1 ♀, 1 fragm ., KM

( ZMMU Rc 7815); same locality, soil trap, 14–17.IX 1982, 1 ♂, KM ( ZMMU Rc 7802) ; same locality, Lonícera , litter, 24.IV 1966, 1 ♂, GG ( ZMMU Rc 7855) ; same locality, cavity (relief lowering), soil sample, 29.X 1982, 1 ♀, KM ( ZMMU Rc 7781) ; same locality, soil sample

No. 4, 03. VI 1982, 1 ♀, 1 juv., KM ( ZMMU Rc 7812); same locality, grasses, soil sample

No. 16, 13. V 1966, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, KM ( ZMMU Rc 7752); same locality, arboretum, Betula , soil sample No. 22, 19.VI 1982, 1 juv., KM ( ZMMU Rc 7808) ; same locality, arboretum, litter ,

10.IV 1973, 3 ♀, ( ZMMU Rc 7870); same locality, forest belt, soil sample No. 10, 15. V

1966, 1 ♂, KM ( ZMMU Rc 7856); same locality, soil sample No. 1, 12.V 1965 , 2 ♀, KM

( ZMMU Rc 7864); same locality, soil sample No. 31, 16.V 1966, 1 ♀, KM ( ZMMU Rc 7868) ;

same locality , soil sample No. 6, 14. V.1965, 1 ♀, KM ( ZMMU Rc 7858) ; same locality , forest belt, cavity, soil sample No. 9, 15. V.1965, 1 ♀, 1 juv., KM ( ZMMU Rc 7860) ; same locality ,

flat solonetz (aridisol), 06. V 1965, 1 ♀, 1 juv., KM ( ZMMU Rc 7861); Atyrau Region,

Atyrau city, 1897, 1 ad., LB ( ZMMU Rc 7609); Mangystau Region, Western chink (large almost inaccessible precipice) of Ustyurt , Ustyurt Nature Reserve , near cordon Mamekkazgan ,

stony foothill of chink, under stones, 43°25'06.10" N, 54°34'05.11" E, 76 m, 12–13.IV 2018,

1 ♀, AF ( ASU No 28); Ustyurt Nature Reserve , between Karpakkazgan and Karzhar wells ,

stony foothill of chink, under stones, 43°23'52.02" N, 54°30'46.94" E, 70–100 m, 13.IV

2018, 1 juv., YD ( ASU No 29); Ustyurt Nature Reserve , near Kokosim well, chink, under stones, 43°10'11.96" N, 54°52'40.03" E, 270 m, 14.IV 2018 , 1 ♂, YD ( ASU No 30) .

DISTRIBUTION. Kazakhstan: West Kazakhstan, Almaty and East Kazakhstan Regions

(Vsevolodova-Perel, 2009; Dyachkov, 2018). – Europe, N Africa, W Asia, Uzbekistan, Taji-

kistan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia (from European part to Far East), Mongolia, China, introduced to

Japan, USA (Alaska, Hawaii Isl.), Mexico, and Chili (Volkova, 2016; Nefediev et al., 2017b).

REMARKS. This species is new to the centipede fauna of the Atyrau, Mangystau and

South Kazakhstan Regions of Kazakhstan.