Polydesmida, Leach, 1815

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Order Polydesmida : Family Paradoxosomatidae : Tribe Sulciferini Kaschmiriosoma loebli Jeekel, 2003

CAS locality . Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Prov., 3.2 km (2 mi) W Cherat, 1,200 m, MM, FF, 20 December 1961.

Remarks. Hoffman (1980) cited Kaschmiriosoma Schubart, 1935 , as a genus of uncertain status and tribal position, but Jeekel (2003) assigned it to Sulciferini . This allocation has been followed by Golovatch (2012) and Nguyen and Sierwald (2013).

Taxon Locality(ies) References Remarks

Polyxenida : Polyxenidae . Polyxenus sp. Kashmir in general. Silvestri 1936; Golovatch 1991; Golovatch and Martens 1996.

Chordeumatida : Kashmir in general; INDIA, Mauriès 1982; Golovatch and Martens The record of Kashmireuma sp. (Maur-

Kashmireumatidae Jammu and Kashmir State, Gulmarg, 1996. iès 1982) is included here.

Kashmireuma nielseni Mauriès, 1982 . Sonamarg.

Julida : Julidae Anaulaciulus kashmi- Kashmir in general; INDIA, Jammu Korsós 1996, 2001; Golovatch and rensis Korsós, 2001. and Kashmir State, Sonamarg, Nichi- Martens 1996.

nai Valley.

Anaulaciulus topali Korsós, 2001 . Kashmir in general; INDIA, Jammu Korsós 1996, 2001; Golovatch and and Kashmir State, Pahalgam, Martens 1996.

Yusmarg.

Polydesmida : Paradoxosomatidae : Kashmir in general; INDIA, Jammu Schubart 1935; Silvestri 1936; Attems

Paradoxosomatinae: Sulciferini and Kashmir State, Sind Valley, 1937; Jeekel 1968, 2003; Golovatch

Kaschmiriosoma contortipes Schubart, Matayan. 1983, 1991 ; Read and Golovatch 1994;

1935. Golovatch and Martens 1996; Nguyen and Sierwald 2013.

Kronopolites occidentalis Golovatch, Kashmir in general Golovatch 1983, 1991; Golovatch and As with Siphonophora duschman

1983 Martens 1996. ( Siphonophorida /idea), Heterochordeumatidae , and Delarthrum obscurum ( Polydesmida : Paradoxosomatidae ), all in Pakistan, K. obscurum is probably the westernmost outlier of this speci-

ose Oriental genus.

Bangladesh. Shelley and Golovatch (2011) identified nine countries lacking records of Diplopoda, both indigenous and adventive – Turks and Caicos (Western Hemisphere, Caribbean Region); Vatican City (Europe); Mauritania and perhaps Egypt (Africa); and Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates (Arabian Peninsula). I once had Bangladesh on this roster but was advised of records in Attems (1936) when it was “East Bengal,” India. Checking all miscellaneous localities in this work in Google Maps, Google Earth, and/or Wikipedia, I found two species from modern Bangladesh, both in the southernmost Division, Chittagong; Demange (1961) also reported the harpagophorid from the larger northern section. I also discovered that “Bangladesh” itself is mentioned in two works, Hoffman and Burkhalter (1978) and Jeekel (2006). I cite the CAS species , all new country records, followed by those documented in literature.

New Country Records for Bangladesh

Order Sphaerotheriida : Family Zephroniidae

Zephronia sp.

CAS locality : Chittagong Div., Chittagong Dist., Sitakunda Upazila, Baraiyadhala Forest Reserve, 45m, F, 21 September 1961.

Remarks. Dr. Thomas Wesener (Museum A. Koenig, Bonn, Germany) has kindly advised me of a single unidentified female sphaerotheriidan taken by the same collectors at the same time and housed in the same CAS collection.