Nopoiulus kochii (Gervais, 1847)

Golovatch, S. I., 2023, New records of millipedes (Diplopoda) from the Caucasus and Crimea, Russian Entomological Journal 32 (3), pp. 356-359 : 356-358

Nopoiulus kochii (Gervais, 1847)

MATERIAL. 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ ( ZMUM), Russia, North Caucasus, Kislovodsk, pitfall trapping, 21. V.–3. VI .2023 , A. Matyukhin leg. 1 juv. ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, Apsheron Peninsula, Mardakian , 4–16.X.2002; 1 ♀ ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, Lenko- same place, forest litter , 20–21. V .2011 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( ZMUM), Azran, Byurjali, forest litter, 15.Х.2021, all N. Snegovaya leg. erbaijan, Lenkoran, Apo , pitfall trapping, IV.2012; 1 ♂ ( ZMUM) ,

REMARK. This subcosmopolitan species is widespread same place, pitfall trapping, VIII.2012; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ ( ZMUM) , across the entire Caucasus region , being encountered in various same place, pitfall trapping, IV.2014; 2 ♂♂, 1 juv. ( ZMUM) , habitats, both man-made and natural [Golovatch, Enghoff, 1990]. Azerbaijan, Astara, Toradi , 13–16.VII.2016; 6 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, 7 juv. ( ZMUM) , Azerbaijan, Astara, Motlayatag , V.2019; 23 ♂♂ , Nopoiulus martensi Enghoff, 1984 28 ♀♀ ( ZMUM) , Azerbaijan, Lenkoran, Byurjali , forest litter, 15.Х.2021, all N. Snegovaya leg.

MATERIAL. 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, Lenkoran, Apo, REMARK. A species endemic to Hyrcania within both Iran pitfall trapping, IV.2014; 11 ♂♂, 37 ♀♀ ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, and the Republic of Azerbaijan [Read, 1992; Golovatch et al., Astara, Motlayatag, V.2019, all N. Snegovaya leg. 2022] .

REMARK. A species endemic to Hyrcania within both Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan [Enghoff, 1984, 1990; Golovatch Iraniulus fagorum (Attems, 1951)

et al., 2022].

MATERIAL. 2 ♀♀ ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, Lenkoran, Azfili- Family Julidae al, pitfall trapping , VI –VII.2019; 2 juv. ( ZMUM), same place, for- Byzantorhopalum rossicum (Timotheew, 1897) est litter, 20–21. V.2011; 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀, 1 juv. ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, Lenkoran, Apo , pitfall trapping, IV.2014 ; 1 juv. ( ZMUM), same

MATERIAL. 16 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, 4 juv. ( ZMUM), Russia, place, pitfall trapping, IV.2014; 1 ♀, 7 juv. ( ZMUM), Azerbai- North Caucasus , Kislovodsk, pitfall trapping, 21.V–3.VI.2023, jan, Astara, Toradi, 13–16.VII.2016; 2 ♀♀ ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, A. Matyukhin leg. Lenkoran, Byurjali, forest litter, 15.Х.2021, all N. Snegovaya leg.

REMARK. A very common species subendemic to the East- REMARK. A species endemic to Hyrcania within both Iran ern European, or Russian, Plain, ranging from near Kursk, Russia and the Republic of Azerbaijan [Vagalinski, Golovatch, 2021].

in the north, Lugansk, in the west, Samara and Volgograd in the east, and throughout the Caucasus Major within Russia, Georgia Julus kubanus Verhoeff, 1921

and Azerbaijan in the south [Vagalinski, Golovatch, 2021].

MATERIAL. 5 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀ ( ZMUM), Russia, Caucasus Ma- Cylindroiulus placidus (Lignau, 1903) jor, Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, environs of Arkhyz , ca 8 km upstream Arkhyz River valley from Arkhyz , Sofiyskie Ver-

MATERIAL. 7 ♂♂, 11 ♀♀, 2 juv. ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, shiny, 43.54322°N 41.20475°E, 1727–1730 m a.s.l, steep slope, Gakh, Ilisu, 30.V–1.VI.2016, N. Snegovaya leg. edge of Abies forest with Populus , sifting dead leaves and nee-

REMARK. Endemic to the western Caucasus, widespread, dles, 2 & 4.VI.2023; 2 ♀♀ (ZMUM), Republic of Kabardinoranging from the Krasnodar Province in the north to Abkhazia and Balkaria, environs of Nizhniy Arkhyz, Fagus forest on slope southern Georgia in the south, and from the with Quercus , Acer , Sorbus , Corylus , etc., sifting dead leaves Black Sea coast in the west to North Ossetia – Alania in the and litter, 43.67678°N 41.44228°E, 1231 m a.s.l., 6.VI.2023; 5 east [Read, 1992; Golovatch,Antipova, 2022].Above seems to be ♂♂, 15 ♀♀ (ZMUM), Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, ca 17 the easternmost record of this species, also being new to the fauna km upstream Arkhyz River valley from Arkhyz, near confluence of Azerbaijan. of Dukka and Arkhyz rivers, Abies forest with Betula , Quercus , Sorbus , Corylus , sparse herbage with fern, green mosses, sifting Cylindroiulus ruber (Lignau, 1903) mosses, 43.55702°N 41.12487°E, 1830 m a.s.l., 8.VI.2023 all leg. A. Tanasevitch.

MATERIAL. 5 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, 1 juv. ( ZMUM), Russia, Cauca- REMARK. A widespread species ranging from lowlands to sus Major, Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, near Arkhyz , ca 8 above 2000 m a.s.l. and endemic to the northwestern Caucasus : km upstream Arkhyz River valley from Arkhyz , Sofiyskie Ver- Krasnodar Province, Adygea, Karachaevo-Cherkessia and North shiny, 43.54322°N, 41.20475°E, 1727–1730 m a.s.l, steep slope, Ossetia – Alania republics, and Abkhazia [Evsyukov et al., 2018; edge of Abies forest with Populus , sifting dead leaves and needles, Zuev et al., 2023] .

2 & 4. VI .2023 ; 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ ( ZMUM), same place, 43.54483°N

41.20662°E, 1730 m a.s.l., mixed Abies , Pinus , Fagus & Sorbus Leptoiulus hastatus Lohmander, 1932

forest near spring, herbage, sifting litter, 3.VI.2023; 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀

( ZMUM), same place, 43.54504°N 41.20756°E, 1753 m a.s.l., MATERIAL. 1 ♂ ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, Kedabek, near Novmixed Abies , Fagus , Sorbus forest on terrace, herbage with fern, osaratovka, 6.Х.2015, N. Snegovaya leg.

cereals, etc., spots of green mosses, sifting mosses and litter, REMARK. A species widespread across most of the Cauca- 3.VI.2023; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( ZMUM), Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria , sus, both the Caucasus Major and Caucasus Minor : Georgia, Arca 17 km upstream Arkhyz River valley from Arkhyz, near conflu- menia and Azerbaijan [Evsyukov et al., 2020] .

ence of Dukka and Arkhyz rivers, Abies forest with Betula , Quercus , Sorbus , Corylus , sparse herbage with fern, green mosses, sift- Leptoiulus tanymorphus (Attems, 1901)

ing mosses, 43.55702°N 41.12487°E, 1830 m a.s.l., 8.VI.2023, all

A. Tanasevitch leg. MATERIAL. 1 ♀ ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, Lenkoran, Apo ,

REMARK. Endemic to the western Caucasus: Krasnodar and pitfall trapping, IV.2012; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ ( ZMUM, same place, pit- Stavropol provinces, as well as the republics of Kabardino-Balka- fall trapping, IV.2014; 5 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, 1 juv. ( ZMUM) , Azerbaijan, ria, Russia and Abkhazia [Read, 1992; Evsyukov et al., 2022]. Kedabek, near Novoivanovka, 26. VI.2014; 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀ ( ZMUM) , Azerbaijan, Siazan, Galaalty , 18–20. V.2017; 9 ♂♂, 17 ♀♀ , 13 Cylindroiulus treptoflagellum Read, 1992 juv. ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, Gakh, Ilisu, 30. V–1. VI.2016; 4 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, 4 juv. ( ZMUM) , Azerbaijan, Apsheron Peninsula, Marda-

MATERIAL. 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, Lenkoran, kian, 4–16.X.2002 ; 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀, 4 juv. ( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, Azfilial , pitfall trapping, IV.2011 ; 18 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀, 1 juv. ( ZMUM), Kedabek, near Novoivanovka , forest litter, 6–7.Х.2015 ; 3 ♀♀ 358 New records of millipedes from the Caucasus and Crimea

( ZMUM), Azerbaijan, Astara, Motlayatag, V .2019; 1 ♀ ( ZMUM) , Azerbaijan, Lenkoran, Byurjali , forest litter, 15.Х.2021; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( ZMUM) , Azerbaijan, Nakhichevan Republic, Shakhbuz, Lake Batabat , 27. V .2022, all N. Snegovaya leg.

REMARK. A widespread species known yet only across much of Azerbaijan, within both Caucasus Major and Hyrcania [Evsyukov et al., 2021].