Scolopendra canidens, Newport, 1844

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 : 45

Scolopendra canidens Newport, 1844

Figs 8–9 .

Scolopendra aralocaspia Kessler 1874: 33–37 ;

Scolopendra aralocaspia – Sseliwanoff 1884: 115–116.

Scolopendra aralocaspica (sic) – Attems 1904: 115.

Rhadinoscytalis canidens – Lignau 1929a: 167.

Scolopendra (S.) canidens – Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1991: 11, Fig. 2 ; 1992: 370, Figs 2–3 .

Scolopendra canidens – Simaiakis & Edgecombe 2013: 191 ; Dyachkov 2020b: 180–182 , Figs 34–37; 2020c: 82–83.

Material. 1 juv. ( ZIN chilo-3), Uzbekistan, [Qashqadaryo Region], [Guzar District], Guzar [City], coll. K ; 2 ad. ( PSU No. 1486), 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 .

Distribution. S Europe, N Africa, W and Central Asia ( Lewis 2001, 2010; Akkari et al. 2008; Simaiakis & Mylonas 2008). In Central Asia: Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan ( Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1991, 1992; Dyachkov 2020b, 2020c).

Previous records. Uzbekistan: Samarqand ( Kessler 1874; Sseliwanoff 1884; Attems 1904), Tashkent ( Lignau 1929a) Karakalpakstan, and Qashqadaryo Regions, as well as widely distributed in eastern part of Uzbekistan ( Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1992: Fig. 3 ). Turkmenistan: Balkan, Ahal, and Mary Regions ( Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1991, 1992: Fig. 3 ).

Figures

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.