Clinopodes C.L. 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 : 71-72

Clinopodes C.L. Koch, 1847

Clinopodes caucasicus ( Sseliwanoff, 1884) Type locality: Kakhetia , Gadaur [ Georgia: Kakheti, Gudauri], Lars [ Russia: North Ossetia – Alania:

Verkhniy Lars or Nizhniy Lars? (see Remarks)], Nukha [ Azerbaijan: Shaki (former Nukha)] ( Sseliwanoff

1884). Figs 10–12 .

Geophilus caucasicus Sseliwanoff 1881b: 6 ; 1884: 85–86.

Clinopodes caucasicus – Bonato et al. 2011a: 183–186 ; Volkova 2016: 671; Zuev 2016: 34–35; Zuev & Evsyukov 2016: 423.

Material. 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, 3 juv. ( ASU No. 363), Dagestan, Levashinsky District, 1 km S from Tsudakhar Village, stony steppe with plots of Pinus forest, under stones and in dead wood, N42°19'37.95", E47°09'44.07", 1150–1350 m, 08–09. V.2021, coll. YD; 1 ♀ ( ASU No. 364), Gunibsky District, 4 km NW from Gunib, stony steppe, under stones, N42°24'48.94", E46°55'32.31", 1800–2000 m, 06. V.2021, coll. AF; 2 ♀ ( ASU No 366), 1870 m, 7. V.2021, coll. YD, AF; 1 ♀ ( ASU No. 365), 5 km W from Gunib, Pinus forest, in litter, under stones and logs, N42°24'12.39", E46°55'12.86", 1700 m, 06–07. V.2021, coll. YD, AF; 1 ♀ ( ASU No 336), 21 ♀♀ ( ASU No. 374), 17 ♂♂ ( ASU No. 375), 1 ♂ ( ASU No 337), 3.5 km W from Gunib Village, Pinus forest, in litter, under stones and logs, N42°24'12.39", E46°55'12.86", ca. 1700 m, 06– 07. V.2021, coll. YD, AF; 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ ( ASU No. 373), 3 km WNW from Gunib Village, mixed forest, N42°24', E46°55', ca. 1700 m, 07–08. V.2021, coll. AF, YD; 1 ♀ ( ZMUS), Gunibsky District, 2 km SE from Karadakh, Karadakhskaya gorge, Alnus , Pinus , Hippophaë forest, under stones and logs, N42°27'43", E46°53'17", 2. VI.2021, coll. RZ, EB.

Distribution. A Caucasian species, known also from the Eastern Anatolia ( Sseliwanoff 1884; Bonato et al. 2011a). Russia: Stavropol ( Muralewicz 1907; Zuev 2016) and Krasnodar territories ( Volkova 2016), North Ossetia – Alania (? see Remarks) ( Sseliwanoff 1884), Rostov-on-Don Region, Kalmykia ( Zuev & Evsyukov 2016), and Dagestan (new).

Remarks. The name Geophilus caucasicus was introduced as a nomen nudum by Sseliwanoff (1881b), the corresponding description has been provided by Sseliwanoff (1884).

According to Sseliwanoff (1884), the type locality is “ Kakhetia, Gadaur, Lars, Nukha”. Unfortunately ,

“Lars” is an uncertain locality. There are 2 villages “Lars”: “Verkhniy Lars” and “Nizhniy Lars”, both in

North Ossetia – Alania ( Russia), ca. 35 km N from “Gadaur” ( Georgia). This species is new to the fauna of the Dagestan.

Figures

Figures 10–12. Clinopodes caucasicus (Sseliwanoff, 1884) (ASU No. 365: 10–11; 336: 12; ♀), ventrally: 10 – head; 11 – anterior LBS; 12 – ultimate LBS. Abbreviations: cl – chitin-line, cp – coxopleural pores, ptb – transverse band of pores. Scale: 0.2 mm.