Bothriogaster signata ( Kessler, 1874 )

Dyachkov, Yurii V., 2022, On new records of Geophilomorpha (Chilopoda) from Middle Asia, Ecologica Montenegrina 60, pp. 70-79 : 72-73

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2022.60.11
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scientific name	Bothriogaster signata ( Kessler, 1874 )
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Bothriogaster signata ( Kessler, 1874) View in CoL

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Material. 1 ♀ ( ASU No. 430) , 1 ♀ ( ASU No. 469), Uzbekistan, Samarqand Region, Zarafshan Mt. Range, 16 km S from Samarqand , N39°26'07", E66°59'19" GoogleMaps , stony shiblyak with rocks, under stones, 1100 m, 13.V.2022, coll. YD, AF; 1 ♀ ( ASU No. 433), Surxondaryo Region, 28 km SE from Denau City, Babatag Mt. Range , N38°06'57", E68°11'54" GoogleMaps , Pistacia woodland and dry river bottom, in soil, under stones, 900– 1200 m, 29–30.IV.2022, coll. YD; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ ( ASU No. 437) , 1 ♀ ( ASU No. 455), 5 km N from Derbent City, Baysun-Tau Mt. Range , N38°15'03", E67°01'13" GoogleMaps , stony shiblyak with rocks, under stones, 1100–1400 m, 5.V.2022, coll. YD; 1 juv. ♂, 1 ♀ ( ASU No. 440) , 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( ASU No. 476), 35 km NW from Denau City, Baysun-Tau Mt. Range , Sangardakdarya River Valley , N38°31', E67°36' GoogleMaps , stony shiblyak with rocks, under stones, 1200 m, 4.V.2022, coll. YD, AF; 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, 2 juv. ( ASU No. 441), Tupalangdarya River Valley, 7 km NNE from Gisarak Kishlak , N38°37'58", E67°49'32" GoogleMaps , stony shiblyak with rocks, under stones, 1000– 1300 m, 1–2.V.2022, coll. YD; 1 ♀ ( ASU No. 442) , 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ ( ASU No. 471), Kugitangtau Mt. Range, vicinity of Neftchi summer camp, stony Juniperus woodland, under stones, N37°51'32", E66°38'04" GoogleMaps , 1700– 2000 m, 7–9.V.2022, coll. YD, AF; 1 ♀ ( ZISP chilop-104), [ Turkmenistan, Balkan Region], 12 km SW from Kyzyl-Arvat [now Serdar City, N38°58', E56°16'], under stones, 12.IV.1953; [ Tajikistan, Khatlon Region, Mu'minobod District], Muminabad [Mu'minobod City, N38°06', E70°01'] GoogleMaps : 1 ♀ ( ZMMU Rc 8297), 0–10 [cm deep], 27.V.[19]65 ; 1 ♀ ( ZMMU Rc 8299), virgin soil [0–10 cm], 23.V.[19]65 ; 1 ♂ ( ZMMU Rc 8303), 10– 20 [cm deep], 22.X.[19]65; [Sughd Region, Zafarobod District], Zafarobad [Zafarobod, N40°10'40", E68°50'10"] GoogleMaps : 1 ♀ ( ZMMU Rc 8300), virgin soil, 0–20 [cm deep], 7.IV.[19]67 ; 1 ♀ ( ZMMU Rc 8304), virgin soil, 0–10 [cm deep], 3.IV.[19]67 .

Distribution. A Turano-Mediterranean species, widely spread in Middle Asia ( Zarei et al. 2020; Dyachkov 2020a, 2020b, 2022a, 2022b; Dyachkov & Nedoev 2021; Dyachkov et al. 2022).

Remarks. This species, genus Bothriogaster , and family Himantariidae are new to the Surxondaryo

Region of Uzbekistan and to the Balkan Region of Turkmenistan.