Geophilus proximus C.L. Koch, 1847

Nefediev, P. S., 2019, New records of geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) from natural and anthropogenic habitats of Siberia, Far Eastern Entomologist 380, pp. 23-28 : 24-25

Geophilus proximus C.L. Koch, 1847

MATERIAL. Russia: Republic of Khakassia: Abakan, “Orbita” Gardening Partnership,

bank of pond near Abakan – Solnogorsk road, in soil, under pebble, 17.V 2008, 1 ♀, leg. S.V.

Dragan; Altaiskii krai: Slavgorodskii District, Yarovoye, 20–27.VII 2016, 1 juv., leg. D.A.

Efimov; Kemerovskaya oblast: Kemerovskii District, Lyapki village, 55°11  N, 86°23  E,

Betula pendula and Pinus sylvestris forest, 12. VII 2017, 1 ♀, leg. D.A. Efimov.

DISTRIBUTION. The distribution of this species covers the northern part of the Palae-

arctic from northeastern Europe to Japan. In Siberia, G. proximus has previously been known from Tyumenskaya, Omskaya, Novosibirskaya and Tomskaya oblasts, as well as from Altaiskii krai (Nefediev et al., 2017 b).

REMARKS. This species has hitherto been recorded neither from Kemerovskaya oblast nor from Republic of Khakassia, both SW Siberia .

Family Linotaeniidae Cook, 1904