On the centipede genus Thereuonema Verhoeff, 1904 (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha: Scutigeridae) of the Middle Asia, Kazakhstan, and Asian Russia

Dyachkov, Yurii

doi:10.48311/jibs.12.01.29

On the centipede genus Thereuonema Verhoeff, 1904 (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha: Scutigeridae) of the Middle Asia, Kazakhstan, and Asian Russia

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Yurii Dyachkov

Altai State University, Lenin Avenue, 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russia

10.48311/jibs.12.01.29

Abstract

New records of members of the genus Thereuonema Verhoeff, 1904 from Asian Russia, Kazakhstan, and Middle Asia are provided. Thereuonema sp. is new to the fauna of Middle Asia. T. tuberculata (Wood, 1862) is newly recorded from the Novosibirsk Oblast, Jewish Autonomous Oblast, and Khabarovsk krai in Russia, and from the Abay and Ulytau Oblasts of Kazakhstan; T. turkestana Verhoeff, 1905 is new to the fauna of the Jalal-Abad Oblast of Kyrgyzstan, Zhambyl Oblast of Kazakhstan, and Jizzakh Oblast of Uzbekistan. Moreover, Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758) is excluded from the fauna of Kazakhstan. Morphology of the species mentioned is illustrated, and variability is shown. A history of the study of the Scutigeromorpha fauna of Kazakhstan and Middle Asia is also provided.

Graphical Abstract

On the centipede genus Thereuonema Verhoeff, 1904 (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha: Scutigeridae) of the Middle Asia, Kazakhstan, and Asian Russia

Keywords

Biodiversity

Fauna

New records

Thereuonema tuberculata

Thereuonema turkestana

Variability

Subjects

Biodiversity

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