Brachydesmus kalischewskyi Lignau, 1915

Golovatch, S. I., 2023, New records of millipedes (Diplopoda) from the Caucasus and Crimea, Russian Entomological Journal 32 (3), pp. 356-359 : 358-359

Brachydesmus kalischewskyi Lignau, 1915

MATERIAL. 3 ♀♀ ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, Kuba, pitfall trapping, IV.2011; 3 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, 10 juv. ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, Lenkoran, Azfilial, pitfall trapping, IV.2011; 7 juv. ( ZMUM), same place, forest litter, 20–21. V.2011; 4 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀ ( ZMUM), Azerba- Antić D., Turbanov I.S. 2022. An unexpected new cave-dwelling speijan, Lenkoran, Apo, pitfall trapping, IV.2014; 24 juv. ( ZMUM), cies of the genus Leucogeorgia Verhoeff, 1930 ( Diplopoda: Julida : Azerbaijan, Lenkoran, Byurjali, forest litter, 15.Х.2021; 48 Julidae ) from the Chechen Republic, Caucasus, Russia // Arthropoda ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, Shemakha, Pirkuli, pitfall Selecta. Vol.31. No.4. P.375–383.

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sification of blaniulid millipedes ( Diplopoda: Julida : Blaniulidae ) // 13–16.VII.2016; 1 ♂ ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, Kedabek, near Senckenbergiana biologica. Bd.64. H.4/6. S.393–427. Novoivanovka, forest litter, 6–7.Х.2015, all N. Snegovaya leg. Enghoff H. 1990 (for 1989). A new species of Nopoiulus Menge REMARKS. A polymorphous species subendemic of the 1851, subgenus Paranopoiulus Lohmander 1939 , from the Caucasus region, this Caucasus, new records of consubgeneric species. And the sysbeing very common and highly widespread in the Russian tematic position of Thassoblaniulus Mauriès 1985 ( Diplopoda: Caucasus, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Julida : Blaniulidae ) // Senckenbergiana biologica. Bd.70. H.4/6. Armenia, eastern Turkey and northwestern Iran [Golovatch et S.323–330.

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Polydesmus abchasius Attems, 1898 Evsyukov A.P., Golovatch S.I., Reip H.S. 2018 . The millipede genus Julus Linnaeus, 1758 in the Caucasus ( Diplopoda: Julida : Julidae ) // MATERIAL. 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀ (ZMUM), Russia, Caucasus Ma- Zootaxa.Vol.4461. No.1. P.89–117. jor, Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, near Arkhyz, ca 8 km up- Evsyukov A.P., Golovatch S.I., Reip H.S., VandenSpiegel D. 2020. The stream Arkhyz River valley from Arkhyz, Sofiyskie Vershiny, millipede tribe Leptoiulini in the Caucasus, with notes on its generic 43.54322°N, 41.20475°E, 1727–1730 m a.s.l, steep slope, edge classification ( Diplopoda: Julida : Julidae ) // Zootaxa.Vol.4778.No.2.

P.237–280. of Abies forest with Populus , sifting dead leaves and needles,

Evsyukov A.P., Golovatch S.I., Vagalinski B., Chumachenko Y.A., Tur- 2 & 4.VI.2023, A. Tanasevitch leg. banov I.S., Zabiyaka I.Y. 2022. New records of millipedes (Diplo- REMARK. A common species widespread in and endemic poda) from the Caucasus region // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.31. No.2. to the Colchidan part of the Caucasus [Golovatch et al., 2016; P.157–165. Evsyukov et al., 2022]. Golovatch S. I. 1984. [Distribution and faunogenesis of Diplopoda in the

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Republic of North Ossetia – Alania, northern Caucasus, Russia, with MATERIAL. 2 ♀♀, 2 juv. ( ZMUM), Russia, North Caucasus ,

special reference to the fauna of the North Ossetian Nature Reserve // Kislovodsk, pitfall trapping, 21.V.–3.VI.2023, A. Matyukhin leg.

Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.31. No.2. P.133–142. REMARK.An uncommon species endemic to the northwest- Golovatch S.I., Enghoff H.1990.[The julidan, Nopoiulus kochii (Gervais, ern Caucasus [Golovatch et al., 2016]. 1847) in the Caucasus ( Diplopoda, Julida , Blaniulidae )] // Striganova

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Family Andrognathidae Golovatch S. , EvsyukovA., Reip H. 2015.Colobognatha millipedes in the

Fioria hyrcana Golovatch, 1980 Caucasus ( Diplopoda: Polyzoniida, Platydesmida, Siphonocryptida )

// Zootaxa. Vol.3972. No.2. P.250–266.

Golovatch S., Evsyukov A., Reip H. 2016. The millipede family Polyde- MATERIAL. 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, Astara ,

smidae in the Caucasus ( Diplopoda: Polydesmida ) // Zootaxa. Motlayatag, V.2019; 1 ♂ (ZMUM), Azerbaijan, Astara, Toradi, Vol.4085. No.1. P.1–51. 13–16.VII.2016, all N. Snegovaya leg. Golovatch S.I., Izadi M., Habashi H., Shayanmehr M., Rahmani R., REMARK. A species endemic to Hyrcania within both Iran Rafiee F. 2022. An updated checklist of the millipedes of Iran (Di- and the Republic of Azerbaijan [Golovatch et al., 2021; Golo- plopoda), with special emphasis on the fauna of Hyrcania, including vatch et al., 2022]. noteworthy records of three species from its easternmost part // Arthropoda Selecta.Vol.31. No.3. P.265–279. Acknowledgements. I am most grateful to all collectors who Read H.J. 1992. The millipede genus Cylindroiulus Verhoeff 1894 in the faunas of the Caucasus, Turkey and Iran (Myriapoda: Diplopoda: Jurendered me their material for study and who allowed me to fully

lidae) // Senckenbergiana biologica. Bd.72. H.4/6. S.373–433. deposit it in the Zoological Museum of the Moscow State Uni- Vagalinski B., Evsyukov A.P. (in preparation). The millipede genus Unversity , Moscow, Russia. Special thanks go to Natalia Snegovaya ciger Brandt, 1941 ( Diplopoda, Julida , Julidae ). (Baku, Azerbaijan) who donated me for treatment most of her Vagalinski B., Golovatch S. I. 2021.The millipede tribe Brachyiulini in the myriapod collections. I was partly supported by the Presidium of Caucasus ( Diplopoda, Julida , Julidae ) // ZooKeys.Vol.1058.P.1–127. the Russian Academy of Sciences, Programme No. 41 “Biodiver- Vagalinski B., Lazányi E. 2018. Revision of the millipede tribe Brachysity of Natural Systems and Biological Resources of Russia ”. iulini Verhoeff, 1909 ( Diplopoda: Julida : Julidae ), with descriptions of new taxa // Zootaxa. Vol.4421. No.1. P.001–142.

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