On the Myriapoda fauna (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (Azerbaijan)

Dyachkov, Yurii V.; Zuev, Roman; Snegovaya, Nataly; Mammadov, Ismaiyl

doi:10.48311/jibs.12.02.287

On the Myriapoda fauna (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (Azerbaijan)

Document Type : Full-length Research Article

Authors

Yurii V. Dyachkov ¹

Roman Zuev ²

Nataly Snegovaya ³

Ismaiyl Mammadov ⁴

¹ Altai State University, 61 Lenina Ave., Barnaul 656049, Russia; Tomsk State University, 36 Lenina Ave., Tomsk 634050, Russia

² North-Caucasus Federal University, Pushkina Str. 1, Stavropol 355017 Russia

³ Institute of Zoology, Ministry of Science and Education of Azerbaijan (IZB), A. Abbaszade st. 115, pr. 1128, bl. 504, Az 1004, Baku, Azerbaijan; Western Caspian University, 31 Istiglaliyyat Str., Baku, Azerbaijan

⁴ Nakhchivan State University, University Campus, Nakhchivan, AZ 7012, Azerbaijan; Institute of Bioresources (Nakhchivan), Ministry of Science and Education of Azerbaijan, 32 M.F. Akhundov str., AZ 7000, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan

10.48311/jibs.12.02.287

Abstract

The myriapod fauna of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (Azerbaijan) comprises at least 20 species: 12 species from eight genera, seven families, and three orders of Chilopoda, and eight species from eight genera, five families, and three orders of Diplopoda. Family Henicopidae Pocock, 1901, genus Lamyctes Meinert, 1868, and the species L. emarginatus (Newport, 1844) (Chilopoda) and Syrioiulus armeniacus Evsyukov, Golovatch, Antić, 2021 (Diplopoda) are newly recorded for the fauna of Azerbaijan. Lithobius erythrocephalus cronebergii Sseliwanoff, 1881, Omobrachyiulus caucasicus (Karsch, 1881), Syrioiulus armeniacus Evsyukov, Golovatch, Antić, 2021, and Brachydesmus kalischewskyi Lignau, 1915 are illustrated; the remarkable intraspecific variability of Cryptops caucasius Verhoeff, 1934 and Lithobius cf. coloratus Sseliwanoff, 1881 is described and illustrated. The history of studies on the Myriapoda of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is also summarized.

Graphical Abstract

On the Myriapoda fauna (Chilopoda, Diplopoda) of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (Azerbaijan)

Keywords

Biodiversity

Intraspecific variability

New records

Transcaucasia

Zangezur range

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