Leptoiulus tigirek Mikhaljova, Nefediev, Nefedieva & Dyachkov, 2015

Nefediev, Pavel S., Farzalieva, Gyulli Sh., Tuf, Ivan H., Nedoev, Khozhiakbar Kh. & Niyazov, Saparmurad T., 2018, Millipede and centipede assemblages on the northern and southern slopes of the lowland Altais, southwestern Siberia, Russia (Diplopoda, Chilopoda), ZooKeys 741, pp. 219-254 : 220

Leptoiulus tigirek Mikhaljova, Nefediev, Nefedieva & Dyachkov, 2015 Figure 6

Julidae gen. sp. - Dyachkov 2014: 41.

undescribed species of Julidae - Nefediev et al. 2014a: 63.

Leptoiulus tigirek Mikhaljova, Nefediev, Nefedieva & Dyachkov 2015: 268, 269-273: figs.

Leptoiulus tigirek - Nefediev 2016: 30; Mikhaljova 2017: 77, 78: figs, insets 733-740, 789, 790, 90: map; Nefediev et al. 2017c: 13.

Material examined

(all from Russia, southwestern Siberia, Altai Province, Charysh District, ca. 4.5 km SE of Charyshskoye Village). 1 ♀ (ASU), site 2 on N slope, soil sample 1 (10-20 cm deep), 2.06.2016; 1 ♀ (ASU), site 2 on N slope, soil sample 3 (litter), 2.06.2016, all leg. P.N., Kh.N., S.N., V.S.; 1 ♀ (ASU), Betula pendula and Populus tremula stand on N slope, 51°21'33.8"N, 83°37'23.2"E, 518 m a.s.l., pitfall traps, 12-14.07.2016, leg. P.N.; 1 ♂ (ASU), site 2 on N slope, soil sample 3 (0-10 cm deep), 13.07.2016; 1 ♂ (ZMUM), 1 ♂, 1 juv. (ASU), site 2 on N slope, hand sampling, 13.07.2016, all leg. Kh.N., S.N., V.S.; 1 ♀ (ASU), site 2 on N slope, hand sampling, 23.08.2016, all leg. P.N., Kh.N., S.N., V.S.; 1 ♀ (ZMUM), 5 ♀♀, 1 juv. (ASU), site 2 on N slope, hand sampling, 23.06.2017, leg. P.N., Kh.N., A.A., E.A.

Distribution.

Being an Altai endemic, the species has been recorded only in the Altai Province in southwestern Siberia ( Mikhaljova et al. 2015; Nefediev 2016).

Remarks.

The julid L. tigirek has been collected outside its terra typica for the first time. The above records on the northern slope show the species preference for more humid habitats.