Krateraspis meinerti (Sseliwanoff, 1881)

Dyachkov, Yurii V. & Nedoev, Khozhiakbar Kh., 2021, A contribution to the centipede (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha, Scolopendromorpha) fauna of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, Ecologica Montenegrina 41, pp. 41-50 : 44

Krateraspis meinerti (Sseliwanoff, 1881)

Mecistocephalus meinerti Sseliwanoff 1881b: 231–232 ; 1884: 73–74.

Mecistocephalus meinerti – Sseliwanoff 1881a: 9; 1884: 73–74; Attems 1904: 115.

Tygarrup asiaticus Verhoeff 1930: 260–265 , Abb. 20–21.

Tygarrup asiaticus – Titova 1975a: 39.

Krateraspis meinerti – Lignau 1929a: 165; 1929b: 207–210, Abb. 7–11; Titova 1965: 871; 1969: 165; 1975: 39; Dyachkov 2019: 371–372, Figs 6–10 ; 2020c: 79–80.

Material. Uzbekistan, [Tashkent Region]: 1 ad. ( ZIN chilo-1), Chimgan , Tashkent Ravine, VII.[19]06, coll. LB ; 1 ♀ ( ZIN chilo-5), Vrevskaya Station , virgin soil, 26.IV.1932, coll. V ; 1 ♀ ( ZIN chilo-52), Tashkent , 13.III., coll . NZ.

Distribution. Central Asia: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan ( Titova 1969, 1975; Dyachkov 2019, 2020c).

Previous records. Uzbekistan: Tashkent Region ( Sseliwanoff 1881 a, 1881b, 1884; Attems 1904; Lignau 1929a, 1929b; Verhoeff 1930; Titova 1975a; Dyachkov 2019).

Remarks. This species was described in two papers ( Sseliwanoff 1881b, 1884), but firstly mentioned by Sseliwanoff (1881a) without description.

Figures

Figures 4–7. Bothriogaster signata (Kessler, 1874) (ZMB 3592): 4 – microscopic slide from Karl Verhoeff’s collection; 5 – rear body fragment, ventral view; 6 – intermediate body fragment, ventral view; 7 – front body fragment, ventral view. Scale: 1 mm.

Figures 8–10. Scolopendra canidens Newport, 1844 (PSU No. 1486): 8 – head, ventral view; 9 – rear body fragment and prefemora of ultimate legs, dorsal view. Cryptops doriae Pocock, 1891 (ZIN chilo-58): 10 – distal part of femur, tibia, tarsus 1 and proximal part of tarsus 2 of ultimate leg, lateral view. Abbreviations: pf – prefemur, f – femur, ti – tibia, ts1 – tarsus 1, ts2 – tarsus 2. Scale: 8, 9 – 1 mm, 10 – 0.2 mm.