Geophilus bipartitus Takakuwa, 1937

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4. Geophilus bipartitus Takakuwa, 1937

Geophilus bipartitus Takakuwa 1937b: 285.

Geophilus bipartitus - Takakuwa 1937c: 80; 1940: 104; Molodova 1973: 67; Kurcheva 1977: 45.

Type locality.

Russia: Sakhalin oblast: Sakhalin Isl.: "Otako (Chikuka)" (see Remarks) ( Takakuwa 1937c).

Type series.

Syntypes: unknown number of specimens, both sexes. Depository unknown.

Diagnosis.

A species of Geophilus with head slightly longer than wide, 35-39 leg-bearing segments; “carpophagus” pits present, up to as wide as the metasternites; ventral pore-fields present, an entire posterior diamond on the anterior metasternites, absent on most of the posterior metasternites, two paired posterior groups on the penultimate metasternite; metasternite of ultimate leg-bearing segment wider than long; a few coxal pores on each coxopleuron, all close to the margin of metasternite; pretarsus of ultimate leg pair claw-like; anal pores present.

Distribution.

Far East: Sakhalin oblast (Sakhalin and Kurile Islands) ( Takakuwa 1937b; Molodova 1973; Kurcheva 1977). Outside Asian Russia: no records.

Remarks.

The current identity and position of the locality "Otako (Chikuka)" (indicated by Takakuwa 1937c) is uncertain.