Brachydesmus pigmentifer Attems, 1951

Golovatch, S. I., 2022, Several noteworthy records of millipedes (Diplopoda) from Central Asia, Russian Entomological Journal 31 (3), pp. 327-330 : 330

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15298/rusentj.31.3.14
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13179029
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D387BD-ED70-FFBB-CB01-FE3CFED77F5C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Brachydesmus pigmentifer Attems, 1951
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MATERIAL. 4 ♀♀ ( ZMUM), Turkmenistan, SW Kopet-Dagh Mountains , ca 10 km SE of Kara-Kala (= Magtymguly), Kalaligez Canyon, litter, 28–29.IV.1993, D. V. Logunov leg.

REMARKS. This species has been nicely illustrated elsewhere [ Golovatch et al., 2016] and it seems to be endemic to the Hyrcanian biogeographic province of the Caucasus region, ranging from the Hyrcanian part of the Republic of Azerbaijan, through northern Iran, to the western Kopet-Dagh Mountains of Turkmenistan [ Golovatch et al., 2016, 2022]. In Turkmenistan, all samples are uniforrnly light yellow.

Acknowledgements. Special thanks go to Kirill V. Makarov (Moscow) who so skillfully took all pictures. Kirill G. Mikhailov (ZMUM) kindly arranged the above material on loan.