Cermatobius kirgisicus ( Zalesskaja, 1972 )

Dyachkov, Yurii V., Farzalieva, Gyulli Sh. & Tuf, Ivan H., 2022, An annotated checklist of centipedes (Chilopoda) of Middle Asian countries, part 1. Lithobiomorpha, Zootaxa 5100 (2), pp. 151-188 : 162

3. Cermatobius kirgisicus ( Zalesskaja, 1972)

Type locality: [ Kyrgyzstan, Jalal-Abad Region] Kirgizskaya SSR, Sary-Chelekskii Zapovendik [Sary-Chelek Nature Reserve—Kg16] ( Zalesskaja 1972) .

Esastigmatobius kirgisicus Zalesskaja, 1972: 610 (2 ♀♀).

Esastigmatobius kirgisicus — Zalesskaja, 1975: 1318 (1 ♂); 1978: 25; Eason, 1997: 120 (4 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, 1 agenitalis, 2 juv. ♀). Cermatobius kirgisicus — Dyachkov, 2019: 10 (6 ♂♂, 9 ♀♀, 12 juv.).

Previous records. Kazakhstan: Turkistan Region—Aksu-Dzhabagly Nature Reserve [Kz56, Kz56b], Ugam Mt. Range, Sazanata River Valley [Kz61, Kz61a] ( Zalesskaja 1975, 1978; Dyachkov 2019). Uzbekistan: Tashkent Region—Khumsan [Uz3], Ugam Mt. Range [Uz5] ( Zalesskaja 1978). Kyrgyzstan: Jalal-Abad Region—SaryChelek Nature Reserve [Kg16], Fergana Mt. Range, Baubash-Ata Mts [Kg17a], Alash-Tau Mts [Kg18*] ( Zalesskaja 1972, 1975, 1978; Eason 1997).

Habitat records. “Mixed nut and spruce forest on NW slope” ( Zalesskaja 1972); “near snow field on 1800 m ” ( Zalesskaja 1975); “usually wet places on 1500–1800 m ” ( Zalesskaja 1978); Juglans regia and Crataegus woodlands on 1200–1600 m ( Eason 1997); Betula [thickets] on a river bank on 1845–1955 m ( Dyachkov 2019).

Remarks. Known from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan only.

Würmli (1977) synonymized Esastigmatobius Silvestri, 1909 with Cermatobius Haase, 1885 .