On new records of Geophilomorpha (Chilopoda) from Middle Asia

Abstract

New records of geophilomorph centipedes (Geophilidae, Himantariidae, Mecistocephalidae, and Schendylidae) from Middle Asia are provided. Order Geophilomorpha is new to both the Surxondaryo Region of Uzbekistan and Balkan Region of Turkmenistan. Family Geophilidae, genus Pachymerium C.L. Koch, 1847, and P. ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835) are new to the Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan, to the Districts of Republican Subordination of Tajikistan, and to the Surxondaryo Region of Uzbekistan; family Himantariidae, genus Bothriogaster Sseliwanoff, 1879 and B. signata (Kessler, 1874) are new to the Surxondaryo Region of Uzbekistan and to the Balkan Region of Turkmenistan; Krateraspis sselivanovi Titova, 1975 is new to both Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan; Escaryus retusidens Attems, 1904 is new to the East Kazakhstan Region of Kazakhstan. All the records are mapped; Tygarrup muminabadicus Titova, 1965 is illustrated.