Rossiulus kessleri (Lohmander, 1927)

Zuev, R. V., Proskura, E. D. & Evsyukov, A. P., 2023, New records of millipedes (Diplopoda) from the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, northern Caucasus, Russia, Russian Entomological Journal 32 (3), pp. 360-368 : 366

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.15298/rusentj.32.3.11
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13179212
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/23304404-CE69-FFE4-FC03-C877BFD5FB3C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Rossiulus kessleri (Lohmander, 1927)
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Rossiulus kessleri (Lohmander, 1927) View in CoL

MATERIAL. 2 ♂♂, 1 juv. ( ZMS), Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Abazinsk Distr., near Elburgan, Yew grove, Carpinus & Taxus forest, 700 m a.s.l., 44º5′34′′N, 41º47′12′′E, 12.VII.2022; 1 juv. ( ZMS), Cherkessk, «Zelenyi ostrov» Park, floodplain of Kuban River, Salix & Populus forest, 500 m a.s.l., 17.VII.2022; 1 ♀, 4 juv. ( ZMS), forest strip along Abazinka River, Fraxinus & Robinia , 500 m a.s.l., 44º11′45′′N, 42º3′38′′E, 16.VII.2022; 3 juv. ( ZMS), same place, 19.VIII.2022, all R. V. Zuev & E.D. Proskura leg.

REMARKS. This species is subendemic to the Eastern European Plain [ Golovatch, 1984], being widely distributed in the North Caucasus as well [ Lohmander, 1936; Zuev, 2014; Golovatch, Antipova, 2022; Evsyukov et al., 2022]. In the Karachay-Cherkess Republic, it has hitherto been recorded only from the Aksaut Gorge [ Lohmander, 1936].