Hessebius cf. plumatus Zalesskaja, 1978

Map, Figs 33–42.

Hessebius plumatus Zalesskaja, 1978: 47; Bragina, 2012: 141; 2016: 109.

MATERIAL. Almaty Region: 1 ♀ (ASU No. 90), Küngöy Ala-Too Mt. Range, between Kolsay-1 and Kolsay-2 lakes, near source of an unnamed tributary of Kolsay River, mountain tundra with stones, N42°56′10″, E78°16′34″, 3110–3160 m a.s.l., 22.VIII.2017, AF .

DISTRIBUTION. H. plumatus is widespread in Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan (Jalal-Abad Region), Tajikistan (Districts of Republican Subordination and Khatlon Region) [Zalesskaja, 1978], Kazakhstan (Kostanay Region) [Bragina, 2012, 2016].

REMARKS. The above specimen is extremely close to H. plumatus Zalesskaja, 1978 by all of its main characters, but differs by 3+3 gonopodal spurs. This difference may reflect a deviation or variability. This species is new to the lithobiomorph centipede list of the Almaty Region. Habitus, dental margin of forcipular coxosternite, ocelli, coxal pores, gonopods and claw of 15Ts as in Figs 33–42.