Disphaerobius loricatus (Sseliwanoff, 1881)

Map, Figs 14–19.

Disphaerobius loricatus (Sseliwanoff, 1881): 16; Zalesskaja, 1978: 119; Farzalieva, Zalesskaja, 2003: 265–266; Farzalieva et al., 2017: 131–134.

MATERIAL. 1 ♀ (ASU No. 83), East Kazakhstan Region, Saur Mts, 20 km SEE Zaisan village, N47°22′00.20″, E85°09′ 00.22″, 1225–1250 m a.s.l., 20.VI.2018, RY, VR, AN; 1 ♂ (PSU), same Region, Kalkutty River Valley, 32 km NW Ayagoz City, salina near river, N48°10′, E80°04′, 770 m a.s.l., 15.IV.2016, AF, AN, RD; 1 juv. (PSU), Almaty Region, near Saykan station, sandy steppe, N46°26′, E80°41′, 400 m a.s.l., 15.IV.2016, AF, AEN, RD .

DISTRIBUTION. Known from Russia, Orenburg Region (Sol-Iletsk District) in the west to the East Kazakhstan Region in the east [Sseliwanoff, 1881; Zalesskaja, 1978; Farzalieva, Zalesskaja, 2003; Farzalieva et al., 2017]. In Kazakhstan: Aktobe, East Kazakhstan [Farzalieva et al., 2017] and Almaty regions.

REMARKS. Based on the main characters, all above specimens belong to this species, but the sole female studied has the shoulders of the forcipular coxosternite sloping more strongly than illustrated by Farzalieva et al. [2017]. This species is new to the centipede list of the Almaty Region. Clypeus, labrum, maxillary complex, mandible, forcipules and female gonopods as in Figs 14–19.