Bothriogaster signata ( Kessler, 1874 )

Dyachkov, Yurii V. & Nedoev, Khozhiakbar Kh., 2021, A contribution to the centipede (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha, Scolopendromorpha) fauna of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, Ecologica Montenegrina 41, pp. 41-50 : 43

Bothriogaster signata ( Kessler, 1874)

Figs 4–7 .

Geophilus signatus Kessler 1874: 41–44 , Tabl. 1: 4, 5, 5*.

Bothriogaster signatus – Sseliwanoff 1879: 621; 1881a: 21; 1881b: 230, figs 1–11; 1884: 101–102; Attems 1904: 115. Bothriogaster signata – Lignau 1929a: 162–163; Verhoeff 1930: 258–260, Abb. 18–19; Titova 1969: 165; 1978: 241; Dobroruka 1979: 164, Fig. 9 ; Dyachkov 2020a: 62–63, Figs 2–7 ; 2020c: 80–81.

Bothriogaster egyptica (sic) – Titova 1978: 241; Sabirova 1990: 42, 45.

Material. Uzbekistan: 2 ♀♀, 1 juv. ( ZIN chilo-2), [Qashqadaryo Region], [Guzar District], Guzar [City], coll. K ; 1 ♀ ( ZIN chilo-53), [Sirdaryo Region], Golodnaya steppe [ca. N40°25', E68°43'], 25.IV–V.1903 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ( ZIN chilo-54), 01.IV.1903 ; 1 ♀ ( ZIN chilo-55), 1903 ; 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ ( ZIN chilo-56), 30.III.1903 , all coll. GY; 1 ♂ ( PSU No. 1478), Bukhara Region [now Qashqadaryo Region], Kitob District , 9–10 km to Samarqand from Kitab [City], slope of a mountain, 1100 m, under stones, 27.VII.1942 , coll. DF; 1 ♀ ( ZMB 3592 ), [Tashkent Region], Taschkent [identified by Verhoeff] .

Distribution. From the Eastern Mediterranean Region ( Zapparoli 1991; Stoev 2000), through Western Asia ( Zarei et al. 2020) to Central Asia ( Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan) ( Kessler 1874; Sseliwanoff 1881; Attems 1904; Lignau 1929a; Verhoeff 1930; Dobroruka 1979; Volkova 2016; Dyachkov 2020a).

Previous records. Uzbekistan: Samarqand and Tashkent Regions ( Kessler 1874; Sseliwanoff 1879, 1881 a, 1881b, 1884; Attems 1904; Lignau 1929a; Verhoeff 1930); “S part of Uzbekistan ” ( Titova 1969, 1978); Turkmenistan: Ahal Region ( Lignau 1929a), “from Kushka [now Serhetabat, Mary Region, ca. N35°16', E62°19'] to Tejen [Ahal Region, ca. N37°22', E60°30'], Mary [Mary Region, N37°36', E61°50'] and Repetek [Village in the Lebap Region, N38°33'45", E63°10'38"]” ( Titova 1978), “SE Karakum Desert” ( Sabirova 1990). “Turkestan” ( Daday 1890; Chalande & Ribaut 1909).

Remarks. This species is formally new to the fauna of the Qashqadaryo and Sirdaryo Regions of Uzbekistan.

Figures

Figures 4–7. Bothriogaster signata (Kessler, 1874) (ZMB 3592): 4 – microscopic slide from Karl Verhoeff’s collection; 5 – rear body fragment, ventral view; 6 – intermediate body fragment, ventral view; 7 – front body fragment, ventral view. Scale: 1 mm.

Figures 8–10. Scolopendra canidens Newport, 1844 (PSU No. 1486): 8 – head, ventral view; 9 – rear body fragment and prefemora of ultimate legs, dorsal view. Cryptops doriae Pocock, 1891 (ZIN chilo-58): 10 – distal part of femur, tibia, tarsus 1 and proximal part of tarsus 2 of ultimate leg, lateral view. Abbreviations: pf – prefemur, f – femur, ti – tibia, ts1 – tarsus 1, ts2 – tarsus 2. Scale: 8, 9 – 1 mm, 10 – 0.2 mm.

Figures 1–3. Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835) (ZMB 3636): 1 – microscopic slide from Karl Verhoeff’s collection; 2 – front body fragment, ventral view; 3 – rear body fragment, ventral view. Scale: 0.5 mm.