Dignathodon microcephalus (Lucas, 1846)

Dyachkov, Yurii V., 2024, On some remarkable records of Chilopoda (Geophilomorpha, Lithobiomorpha) from Turkmenistan, Ecologica Montenegrina 71, pp. 317-322 : 318

Dignathodon microcephalus (Lucas, 1846)

Figs 1–2 .

Material. 1 male ( ZMMU Rc 8434), Turkmenistan, [Koped-Dag Mt. Range], Ai Dere [river valley, ca. N38°24', E56°44', Sunt- Hasardag Nature Reserve], mountain slope, under stones, 21.IV.[19]75, coll. unknown .

Distribution. Mostly the Mediterranean region ( Chipman et al. 2013; Dyachkov et al. 2022).

Remarks. Genus Dignathodon and D. microcephalus are new to the fauna of both Turkmenistan and Middle Asia.

Figures

Figure 1. Distribution of Dignathodon microcephalus (Lucas, 1846), Henia bicarinata (Meinert, 1870) (both circle), Clinopodes escherichii (Verhoeff, 1896) (triangle), and Lithobius viriatus Sseliwanoff, 1881 (square) in Turkmenistan. Abbreviations: KZ – Kazakhstan.

Figures 2–6. Dignathodon microcephalus (Lucas, 1846) (ZMMU Rc 8434): 2 – head, ventral view. Henia bicarinata (Meinert, 1870) (ZMMU Rc 7448): 3 – head, ventral view. Clinopodes escherichii (Verhoeff, 1896) (ZMMU Rc 8431: 4–5; Rc 8433: 6): 4 – front body fragment, ventral view; 5, 6 – rear body fragment, ventral view. Scale: 0.1 mm.