Strigamia cf. transsilvanica (Verhoeff, 1928)

Nefediev, Pavel S., Farzalieva, Gyulli Sh., Tuf, Ivan H., Nedoev, Khozhiakbar Kh. & Niyazov, Saparmurad T., 2018, Millipede and centipede assemblages on the northern and southern slopes of the lowland Altais, southwestern Siberia, Russia (Diplopoda, Chilopoda), ZooKeys 741, pp. 219-254 : 234

Strigamia cf. transsilvanica (Verhoeff, 1928)

Strigamia sp. - Nefediev et al. 2017c: 13.

Material examined

(all from Russia, southwestern Siberia, Altai Province, Charysh District, ca. 4.5 km SE of Charyshskoye Village). 1 ♂ (ASU), Betula pendula and Populus tremula stand, 51°21'33.8"N, 83°37'23.2"E, 518 m a.s.l., hand sampling, 14.07.2015, leg. P.N.; 1 ♂ (ASU), site 2 on S slope, soil sample 5 (0-10 cm deep), 2.06.2016, leg. P.N., Kh.N., S.N., V.S.

Distribution.

A central-eastern European species, S. transsilvanica appears to be quite widespread in continental Europe from the Alps to the Carpathians and from the Baltic states to mainland Greece. It has been doubtfully reported from Sakhalin (Russia), Japan and Taiwan ( Bonato et al. 2012) and recently found in the Rostov-on-Don Area, south of European Russia ( Zuev and Evsyukov 2016).

Remarks.

Although both specimens resemble S. transsilvanica , the study area is far from the known distribution of the species. Aside from the possibility of human introduction of this species in the Charysh District, the presence of a possible undescribed species similar in morphology to S. transsilvanica could be tested by molecular methods in the future.