Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829

Dyachkov, Yurii V., Zuev, Roman V. & Gichikhanova, Uzlipat A., 2022, Centipedes (Chilopoda) from the Dagestan, northern Caucasus, Russia, Ecologica Montenegrina 52, pp. 68-89 : 79-80

Scolopendra cingulata Latreille, 1829

Type locality: unknown ( Bonato et al. 2016).

Scolopendra cingulata – Salinas 1990: 55–58; Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1991: 10–11; 1992: 370;

Simaiakis et al. 2013: 293–294; Dyachkov 2020c: 83; Dyachkov & Nedoev 2021: 46.

Material. 6 ad., 4 juv. ( ASU No. 358), and 1 ad., 1 juv. ( ASU No. 360), Dagestan, 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; 17 ad., 13 juv., 1 body fragment ( ASU No. 359), 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 sad. ( ZMUS), near Izberbash city, foothills of the Izberbash mountain , steppe, N42°33', E47°50', 10–20 m, 5. VI .2021, coll. RZ, EB; 1 ad. ( ZMUS), Izberbash mountain , steppe, under stones, N42°33', E47°50', 150 m, 6. VI .2021, coll. RZ, EB; 1 ad. ( ZMUS), Suleyman- Stalsky District, near Karchag , semi-desert, under stones, N41°46'47.84'', E48°09'52.73'', 300–500 m, 14. V .2021, coll. UG; 1 ad. ( ZMUS), Suleyman-Stalsky District, near Kommuna , semi-desert, under stones, N41°50'16.03", E48°12'35.33", 150– 200 m, 14. V .2021, coll. UG; 3 ad. ( ZMUS), Kayakentsky District, near Shalasi , sibljak, under stones, N42°21'34.35'', E47°54'44.51'', 130–150 m, 3. V .2019, coll. UG.

Previous records. Makhachkala ( Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1991).

Distribution. Mostly the Mediterranean Region ( Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1991; Stoev 2000), also known from Middle Asia ( Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1991, 1992; Dyachkov 2020c; Dyachkov & Nedoev 2021). Russia: Dagestan, Chechen Republic, Stavropol and Krasnodar territories ( Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1991, 1992; Zuev 2016), and Kalmykia ( Volkova 2017).