Julus kubanus Verhoeff, 1921

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 : 365-366

Julus kubanus Verhoeff, 1921

MATERIAL. 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 1 juv. ( ZMS), Karachay-Cherkess Republic , Urupsky Distr., between Damkhurts and Zagedan, Abies & Acer forest, 1200 m a.s.l., 16.IX.2017 , R. V. Zuev leg.; 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 1 juv. ( ZMS), Zelenchuk Distr. , Arkhyz, near Baritovyi Waterfall, subalpine meadow, 2100 m a.s.l., 43°35'21"N 41°16'44"E, 12.VII.2022 , R. V. Zuev & E.D. Proskura leg.

REMARKS. Endemic to the Caucasus Major, there being one of the most common species of the genus Julus . Found in Adygea, North Ossetia, Chechnya, as well as Georgia and Abkhazia. It has hitherto been recorded from the Teberda Biosphere Nature Reserve in the valley of Aksaut River and in some other places of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic [ Lohmander, 1936; Evsyukov et al., 2020a].

Omobrachyiulus caucasicus (Karsch, 1881) Figs 16–18. Omobrachyiulus curvocaudatus ( Lignau, 1903) from Makharskoe Gorge: 16 — habitus; 17 — gonopod;

MATERIAL. 1 ♀ ( DSTU), Karachay-Cherkess Repub- 18 — telson. Not to scale.

lic, Teberda Biosphere Nature Reserve , Teberda River valley, Рис. 16–18. Omobrachyiulus curvocaudatus (Lignau, 24.VII.2012, D.D. Khisametdinova & Y. V. Kochetov leg.; 1903) иЗ Махарского уЩельЯ: 16 — хабитус; 17 — гонопод; 1 ♂ ( DSTU), same locality, slope of Mount Malaya Khatipara, 18 — тельсон. БеЗ масштаба .

25. VII .2012 , all D.D. Khisametdinova & Y. V. Kochetov leg.

REMARKS. This species is subendemic to the Caucasus,

being very common in North Ossetia , Dagestan , Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Beyond the Caucasus, it is highly wide- meadow, 1950 m a.s.l., 43°17′52″N 41°57′33″E, 23.VIII.2022, spread in Ciscaucasia (Stavropol Territory and Kalmykia), all R. V. Zuev & E.D. Proskura leg.

Iran and Turkey [ Vagalinski, Golovatch, 2021; Golovatch, REMARKS. This species has hitherto been recorded from Antipova, 2022]. It is formally new to the fauna of Karachay- the Krasnodar Territory, Adygea and Georgia [Lohmander, Cherkessia. 1936; Vagalinski, Golovatch, 2021], thus being formally new to the fauna of Karachay-Cherkess Republic. New illustrations Omobrachyiulus curvocaudatus ( Lignau, 1903) are provided to document the identity (Figs 14–16).

Figs 16–18.

Omobrachyiulus implicitus ( Lohmander, 1936)

MATERIAL. 1 ♀ ( ZMS), Karachay-Cherkess Repub- Figs 19–20.

lic, Karachayevsk Distr., Makharskoe Gorge, Abies , Picea &

Betula forest, 1650–1800 m a.s.l., 43°18′46″N 41°59′14″E, MATERIAL. 1 ♂ ( ZMS), Karachay-Cherkess Republic , 21.VIII.2022 ; 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, 4 juv. ( ZMS), same place, steppe Urupsky Distr. , near Pregradnaya , broadleaved forest, 800 m 366 New records of millipedes from the Karachay-Cherkess Republic

42º3′38′′E, 16.VII.2022; 2 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, 1 juv. ( ZMS), same place, 19.VIII.2022, all R. V. Zuev & E.D. Proskura leg.

REMARKS. This species has hitherto been found only from near Stavropol [ Vagalinski, Golovatch, 2021; Zuev, 2021]. The above records significantly expand the known distribution of the species, formally being new to the fauna of the republic.

Figs 19–20. Omobrachyiulus implicitus ( Lohmander, 1936) from Psemen: 19 — habitus; 20 –gonopod. Not to scale.

Рис. 19–20. Omobrachyiulus implicitus (Lohman- der, 1936) иЗ Псемёна: 19 — габитус; 20– гонопод. БеЗ масштаба.

a.s.l., 25.IX.2016; 1 ♂ ( ZMS), near Psemen, broadleaved forest, 900 m a.s.l. , 25.IX.2016, all R. V. Zuev leg.

REMARKS. Endemic to the Caucasus, in Russia having been recorded from Adygea and the Krasnodar Territory [Vagalinski. Golovatch, 2021]. The above record is new to the fauna of Karachay-Cherkess Republic.