Escaryus koreanus Takakuwa, 1937

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 : 26-27

Escaryus koreanus Takakuwa, 1937

MATERIAL. Russia: Novosibirskaya oblast: Toguchinskii District, Kotorovo village,

Populus tremula forest, soil samples, 18.VII 1988, 2 juv.; Toguchinskii District , Kotorovo village, glade in Populus tremula forest, pitfall traps, 18.VII 1988, 1 ♂, all leg. I. Martynen-

ko; Toguchinskii District, Kotorovo village, Populus tremula forest, pitfall traps, 18.VII

1988, 1 ♂, leg. A.S. Babenko; Altaiskii krai: Krasnoshchiokovskii District , near Tigirek village, Tigirek State Nature Reserve, Khankhara Site, 23.VII 2004 , 1 ♀; Zmeinogorskii

District, Tigirek State Nature Reserve, Beloretsk Site, cordon Beloretsk, chern taiga, in litter,

14. VI 2009 , 1 ♂, 1 ♀, all leg. D. V. Kuzmenkin; Krasnogorskii District , Karaguzh village ,

Alnus , Viburnum opulus and Sorbus sibirica , 15.VIII 2016, 3 ♂, 1 ♀; Krasnoschiokovskii

District, near Tigirek, Tigirek State Nature Reserve, Khankhara Site, Dragunskii Brook, steppe on SW slope, Rosa spinosissima , 17.VIII 2016, 1 ♀, all leg. P.S. Nefediev; Togulskii District,

valley of Uskunskaya River , near former village of Kutelyapka, chern taiga, 28.IV 2017, 1 ♂ , 2

♀, leg. L. V. Pozhidaeva ; Zarinskii District, Lipnyazhka area, Tilia forest, VII 2017 , 1 ♀, leg.

S. V. Vazhov; Charyshskii District, upper reaches of Belaya River , S macroslope, steppe on slope with bushes and sparse Larix sibirica , 20. VI 2017, 1 ♂; Charyshskii District, near Komendantka village, Altai State University Field Station “Goluboi Utios”, Betula pendula and

Populus tremula forest on N slope, ca 520 m a.s.l., 20.VI 2017, 4 ♀, 1 subadult ♂, 1 juv.;

Zalesovskii District, at border with Kemerovskaya oblast, 54.235533°N, 85.375949°E, Betula forest with Ribes nigrum , 400 m a.s.l., 3.VII 2018, 1 juv., all leg. P.S. Nefediev; Republic of

Khakassia: Ust-Abakanskii District, valley of Uibat River , 53.825765°N, 90.052647°E ,

mixed forest, in litter, 18.VII 2012, 1 ♀, leg. A.P. Pavlov; Askizskii District, valley of Askiz

River, 53.418866°N, 89.749147°E, under stones, 11.VII 2018, 1 juv., leg. S. V. Dragan; UstAbakanskii District , valley of Uibat River , 53.825765°N, 90.052647°E, mixed forest, in litter, 18.VII 2018, 4 ♂, 3 ♀, leg. E. V. Gribanova ; Kemerovskaya oblast: Krapivinskii

District , floodplain of Beriozovka River, 55°04  N, 86°18  E, forest-steppe, 14.V 2017, 1 juv. ;

Krapivinskii District, 5–6 km of Taradanovo village, 54°40  N, 86°41  E, Populus tremula forest, in litter and rotten logs, 13.VIII 2017, 2 ♀, all leg. D.A. Efimov; Gurievskii District,

at border with Altaiskii krai, 54°16  59  N, 85°26  E, Betula pendula on hill slope, 15.VII

2017, 2 ♀, 1 juv., leg. P.S. Nefediev; Promyshlennovskii District , N of Salair Ridge, W bank of Pond Tanaev, 54°49  N, 85°09  E, Betula pendula and Pinus sylvestris forest, ca 160 m ,

8.VIII 2018, 1 ♂; Kemerovskii District, 54°29  N, 86°12  E, Populus tremula and

Pinus sylvestris forest, 14.VIII 2018, 1 ♀, 1 juv.; Kemerovskii District , 54°29  N ,

86°13  E, Pinus sylvestris forest, 14.VIII 2018, 1 ♂; Kemerovskii District, near Andreevka forest , 14.VIII 2018, 1 ♂ ; Izhmorskii District, Simbirka village , 56°02  N, 87°10  E, Pinus sylvestris forest, 18.VIII 2018, 1 ♀ , all leg. D.A. Efimov; Republic of Altai: Ulaganskii

District, near Aktash village, summit of Mt. Belkenek, 50°15  N, 87°37  E, Pinus sibirica and

Larix sibirica forest on N slope, 1.VII 2016, 1 ♀; Ulaganskii District , near Balykcha, floodplain of Chulyshman River, 4.VII 2016, 1 ♀ ; Ulaganskii District , valley of Chulyshman

River, Altai State Nature Reserve, Stone Mushrooms (Akkurum), Betula pendula forest,

5.VII 2016, 2 ♀, 1 juv., all leg. P.S. Nefediev; Gorno-Altaisk, right bank of Maima River ,

Salix , 22. VI 2016, 1 juv., leg. J.S. Nefedieva; Ongudaiskii District , ca 7.5 air-km NEE of

Seminskii Pass, Seminskii Mt. Range, near Mt. Sarlyk, 51°03.754  N, 85°42.523  E, alpine meadow with sparse Larix sibirica , under stones, 1970 m a.s.l., 21.VII 2018, 4 ♂, 1 ♀, leg.

P.S. Nefediev, V.I. Gusarov; Ongudaiskii District, floodplain of Chuya River, near Shirlak

Waterfall, 50.34461°N, 87.22323°E, Betula pendula forest on river bank, 1015 m a.s.l.,

23.VII 2018, 2 ♂, leg. V. I. Gusarov; Ongudaiskii District , valley of Chuya River, Shirlak

Waterfall, Betula grove along creek, 50°20.690′N, 87°13.213′E, ca 1080 m a.s.l., sifting leaf litter over 40 m, 23.07.2018, 1 ♀, 1 juv., leg. V. I. Gusarov, M.F. Maurstad, V. Løveng ;

Ulagan District , 10 air-km ENE of Aktash village, Kuraiskii Mt. Range, near summit with retranslator, 50°19.539′N, 87°44.175′E, alpine meadow with rich herbaceous vegetation ,

Poaceae , Dryas , moss and lichens, ca 2555 m a.s.l., sifting dead grass and moss over 50 m,

23.07.2018, 1 juv., leg. V. I. Gusarov, M.F. Maurstad, V. Løveng ; Ulaganskii District , 10 airkm ENE of Aktash village, Kuraiskii Mt. Range, summit with retranslator, 50.33958°N ,

87.74865°E, rocky mountain tundra, ca 2970 m a.s.l., under stones, 23.VII 2018, 1 ♀, leg.

P.S. Nefediev, V.I. Gusarov, M.F. Maurstad, V. Løveng; Irkutskaya oblast: Irkutsk, left bank of Angara River, Akademgorodok, 52°14 .1  N, 104°15 .4  E, Betula and Populus tremula park forest with Pinus sylvestris , Alnus fruticosa and Swida alba , ca 520 m a.s.l., 1

♂, 31.VIII 2018, leg. I. V. Enushchenko .

DISTRIBUTION. This species is rather widespread from Korea and the Far East of Russia in the east through central and SW Siberia to eastern Kazakhstan in the west (Nefediev et al.,

2017c; Dyachkov & Tuf, 2018).

REMARKS. This species has hitherto been recorded neither from Novosibirskaya oblast nor from Republic of Khakassia, nor from Irkutskaya oblast , all Siberia .