Henia taurica ( Sseliwanoff, 1884 )

Kiria, Eleonora, Mumladze, Levan, Barjadze, Shalva & Tuf, Ivan H., 2024, New records of centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda) in the fauna of Georgia, South Caucasus, Caucasiana 3, pp. 151-162 : 151-162

3. Henia taurica ( Sseliwanoff, 1884)

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Type locality.

Ukraine: Crimea, originally described as Scotophilus tauricus Sseliwanoff, 1884 .

Material examined.

GEORGIA • 1 ♂; western Georgia, Mestia municipality, village Dizi ; N 43.00778 °, E 42.29167 °; 834 m a. s. l.; 27 Jun. 2015; leg. L. Mumladze.

Distribution.

Ukraine: Crimea ( Sseliwanoff 1884), Russia: Krasnodar ( Korobushkin et al. 2016).

Remarks.

This species was described by Seliwanoff (1884) on the basis of 19 specimens (10 ♂ and 9 ♀) from the Crimea and was initially known as an endemic species of the Crimea. It was later recorded in Krasnodar, Russia, mainly under the stones of deciduous forests ( Korobushkin et al. 2016). This is the first record of this species for Georgia.

Figures

Figure 4. Henia taurica (Sseliwanoff, 1884), female, (a) head, ventral view; (b) head and first anterior sternites, ventral view; (c) segments showing sternal pores, ventral view; (d) posterior segments, ventral view. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (a); 0.5 mm (b, d); 0.2 mm (c).