Scolopendra canidens, Newport, 1844

Dyachkov, Yurii V., Zuev, Roman V. & Gichikhanova, Uzlipat A., 2022, Centipedes (Chilopoda) from the Dagestan, northern Caucasus, Russia, Ecologica Montenegrina 52, pp. 68-89 : 78-79

Scolopendra canidens Newport, 1844

Terra typica: Egypt ( Newport 1844).

Figs 41–44 .

Scolopendra canidens Newport 1844: 98. Scolopendra aralocaspia Kessler 1874: 33–37 ; Scolopendra aralocaspia – Sseliwanoff 1884: 115–116; Volkova 2017: 38. Scolopendra aralocaspica (sic) – Attems 1904: 115. Rhadinoscytalis canidens – Lignau 1929: 167. Scolopendra canidens – Attems 1930: 35; Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1991: 11–13; 1992: 370; Lewis

2001: 151; Akkari et al. 2008: 80; Dyachkov 2020b: 180–182; 2020c: 82–83; Dyachkov & Nedoev 2021:

45.

Material. 4 ad., 6 juv. ( ASU No. 361) , 2 juv. ( ASU No. 349), and 1 juv. ( ASU No. 357), Dagestan, Kumtorkalinsky District , 2 km S Sarykum sand dune, stony steppe, under stones, N42°59', E47°13', 220 m, 27–28.IV., and 10–11. V.2021, coll. YD, AF ; 1 juv. ( ASU No. 348), Tabasaransky District, 4 km W from Syrtich Village , stony steppe, under stones, N41°48'43.81", E48°10'01.45", 290 m, 3–4. V.2021, coll. YD, AF ; 3 ad. ( ZMUS), vicinity of Syrtich Village, N41°49'57.01", E48°13'10.76", 150–180 m, 14. V.2021, coll. UG; 1 sad. ( ZMUS), near Izberbash city, foothills of the Izberbash mountain , steppe, N42°33', E47°50', 10– 20 m, 5. VI.2021, coll. RZ, EB .

Distribution. Mostly the Turano-Mediterranean Region ( Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1991, 1992; Lewis 2001, 2010; Akkari et al. 2008; Simaiakis & Mylonas 2008; Dyachkov 2020b, 2020c; Dyachkov & Nedoev 2021). Russia: Astrakhan Oblast, Kalmykia ( Volkova 2017), Krasnodar Territory ( Muralewicz 1926), a border of the Volgograd Oblast and West Kazakhstan Region ( Vsevolodova-Perel 2009; Dyachkov 2020b), and Dagestan (new).

Remarks. This species is new to the fauna of the Dagestan.

Figures

Figures 41–44. Scolopendra canidens Newport, 1844 (ASU No. 361; ♀): 41 – dental margin of forcipular coxosternite, ventrally; 42 – tarsus of leg 1, laterally; 43, 44 – ultimate LBS and postpedal segments, ventrally and dorsally. Abbreviation: ts – tarsal spurs. Scale: 0.2 mm (41–42), 1 mm (43–44).