Diphyonyx conjungens ( Verhoeff, 1898 )

Dyachkov, Yurii V., Zuev, Roman V. & Gichikhanova, Uzlipat A., 2022, Centipedes (Chilopoda) from the Dagestan, northern Caucasus, Russia, Ecologica Montenegrina 52, pp. 68-89 : 73

Diphyonyx conjungens ( Verhoeff, 1898)

Type locality: Cilicien , Kleinasien [ Turkey, Cilicia] ( Verhoeff 1898) .

Figs 19–22 .

Geophilus (Geophilus) conjungens Verhoeff 1898: 344 , 350, 360.

Brachygeophilus conjungens – Attems 1929: 190, 191; Folkmanová 1956: 1636.

Diphyonyx conjungens – Bonato et al. 2008: 344–351; Bonato et al. 2011b: 20–28; Bonato & Minelli 2014: 8; Korobushkin et al. 2016: 19 ; Zuev 2016: 35–36.

Material. 1 juv. ♂ ( ZMUS), Dagestan, Kayakentsky District, near Novokayakent, Quercus , Fraxinus forest, in leaf litter and soil, N42°23'8", E47°58'2", 15 m, 3. VI.2021, coll. RZ, EB.

Distribution. Mostly the eastern Mediterranean Region ( Bonato et al. 2008). Russia: Crimea ( Attems 1929), Stavropol (Zuev 2016), and Krasnodar territories ( Korobushkin et al. 2016), and Dagestan (new).

Remarks. This species and genus Diphyonyx are new to the fauna of the Dagestan.

Figures

Figures 19–22. Diphyonyx conjungens (Verhoeff, 1898) (ZMUS; ♂), ventrally: 19 – forcipular segment; 20 – pretarsus of leg 21; 21 – labrum; 22 – ultimate LBS and postpedal segments. Abbreviations: cl – chitin-line, cp – coxopleural pores, d – denticle, t – tubercles in the labral mid-part. Scale: 0.05 mm (20, 21), 0.1 mm (19, 22).