Henia Koch, 1847

Dyachkov, Yurii V., Zuev, Roman V. & Gichikhanova, Uzlipat A., 2022, Centipedes (Chilopoda) from the Dagestan, northern Caucasus, Russia, Ecologica Montenegrina 52, pp. 68-89 : 70

Henia Koch, 1847

Henia bicarinata ( Meinert, 1870)

Type locality: Gennazano, Campagna Romana, Sorrento [ Italy], Tunis [ Tunisia], Bona [now Annaba, Algeria], Sydspanien [Southern Spain] ( Meinert 1870) .

Figs 5–9 .

Scotophilus bicarinatus Meinert 1870: 41–42 . Scotophilus bicarinatus – Sseliwanoff 1884: 98; Muralewicz 1907: 339. Henia bicarinata – Attems 1907: 10; 1929: 234; Brölemann 1930: 115–117; Matic 1972: 127–129;

Zapparoli 1994: 17; 1999: 114; Simaiakis et al. 2013: 296; Zuev 2016: 32; Zuev & Evsyukov 2016: 421;

Iorio et al. 2020: 42, 51; Zarei et al. 2020: 135.

Material. 1 ♀ ( ASU No. 334), Dagestan, Kumtorkalinsky District , 2 km S Sarykum sand dune, stony steppe, under stones, N42°59', E47°13', 220 m, 10–11.V.2021, coll. YD ; 1 ♀ ( ZMUS), near Izberbash city, Izberbash mountain , Quercus spinney, in leaf litter, N42°33'46", E47°50'41", 160 m, 6.VI.2021, coll. RZ, EB .

Distribution. Mostly the Mediterranean Region, known also from Southern Russia and Western Asia ( Simaiakis et al. 2013; Iorio et al. 2020; Zarei et al. 2020). Russia: Stavropol Territory ( Sseliwanoff 1884; Zuev 2016), Rostov-on-Don Region, Kalmykia (Zuev & Evsyukov 2020), and Dagestan (new).

Remarks. Specimens have 63 and 71 LBS.

This species and genus Henia are new to the fauna of the Dagestan.

Figures

Figures 5–9. Henia bicarinata (Meinert, 1870) (ASU No. 334; ♀): 5 – head and first LBS, ventrally; 6 – LBS of midbody, ventrally; 7, 8, 9 – ultimate LBS and postpedal segments, ventrally and laterally. Abbreviations: pf – ventral porefield, cp – coxopleural pores. Scale: 0.1 mm.