Bothriogaster signata ( Kessler, 1874 )

Dyachkov, Yurii V., 2020, New data on the centipede (Chilopoda) fauna from Tajikistan, Ecologica Montenegrina 36, pp. 78-86 : 80-81

Bothriogaster signata ( Kessler, 1874)

Material. Tajikistan, Khatlon Region: 1 ad. ( ZMMU Rc 7622), [Yovon District], Yavan [Yovon], virgin soil, 30–40 cm deep, 17.V.1968 ; 1 ♂ ( ZMMU Rc 7771), Triticum , 10–20 cm deep, 25.V.1968 ; 1 ad. ( ZMMU Rc 7624), [Muminabad District], Mu'minabad [Mu'minobod], virgin soil, 30–40 cm deep, 22.VII.1968 ; 2 fragm. ( ZMMU Rc 7953), [in soil], 10–20 cm deep, 15.V.1965 , all coll. BV; 1 ♀ ( HNHM chilo-7716), virgin soil, 0–30 cm deep, 21.V.1962 , coll. unknown; 1 ♀, 1 fragm. ( ZMMU Rc 7772), Muchurka , 10–20 cm deep, 16.V.1965 , coll. BV; 1 ♀, 1 juv. ( ZMMU Rc 7944), [Qubodiyon District], Ichkoran Mt. Range, Teshiktosh Village , stony desert with rocks, N37°08.612', E68°14.404', 400–550 m a.s.l., 05–06.IV.2019 ; 1 ♂ (ASU No. 268), 05–06.IV.2019 ; 1 ♂ ( ZMMU Rc 7945), N37°08.310', E68°15.462', 600–760 m a.s.l., 06.IV.2019 ; 1 ♀ (ASU No. 282), [Dusti District], Aruktau Mt. Range , 6 km ENE Garavuti Village, stony desert, N37°35.389', E68°31.654', 400–630 m a.s.l., 07–08.IV.2019 ; 1 juv. ( ZMMU Rc 7947), [Vose District], Dzhilantau Mt. Range , 2 km E Kuybulyon Village, dry stony shiblyak shrubland with rocks, N37°53.970', E69°23.155', 970–1200 m a.s.l., 14.IV.2019 ; 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ (ASU No. 269), 14.IV.2019 ; 1 juv. ( ZMMU Rc 7948), [Khuroson District], Bukadzhatar Mt. Range , between Dahanakiik and Galaabad Villages, mountain stony steppe with rocks, N38°11.605', E68°39.521', 790–950 m a.s.l., 19.IV.2019 ; 1 ♀ ( ZMMU Rc 7946), Aruktau Mt. Range , 7 km SW Sambuly Village, dry stony shiblyak shrubland with rocks, N37°45.602', E68°32.741', 660–980 m a.s.l., 09.IV.2019 ; 4 ♀♀ (ASU No. 285), 09.IV.2019 ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (ASU No. 284), [Danghara District], W foothill of Dzhilantau Mt. Range, Kuybulyon Village , loess hills, meadow, N37°53.540', E69°22.184', 750 m a.s.l., 13.IV.2019 , all coll. AF; 1 ♀ ( ZMMU Rc 7735) , Dushanbe, Rangontau Mt. Range , south slope, 31 km by road, 14.IV.1983 , coll. YS; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 1 juv., 1 fragm. ( ZMMU Rc 7739) , Sughd Region, [Mastchoh District], Mogoltau Mts , under stones, 12.IV.1974 , unknown coll.; 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, 1 fragm. ( ZMMU Rc 7740), Mogoltau Mts , near foothill, southern part, under stones, 11.IV.1974 , unknown coll.; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ ( ZMMU Rc 7760), [Isfara District], Isfara, Nayman , in soil, 0–10 cm deep, 27.IV.1982 , unknown coll.; 1 ♂ (ASU No. 283), Districts of Republican Subordination, [Roghun District], left side of Obikandak River Valley (left stream tributary of Obigarm River ), stony meadow with rocks, N38°43.275', E69°43.863', 1250–1540 m a.s.l., 23.IV.2019 , coll. AF; 1 ♀ ( ZMMU Rc 7769), Fayzabad [Faizobod], virgin soil, 0–10 cm deep, 25.IV.1966 , coll. BV; 2 ♀♀ ( ZMMU Rc 7770), virgin soil, 0–10 cm deep, 28.IV.1966 , coll. BV.

Distribution. Balkan Peninsula, Western Asia, Cyprus, Northern Africa ( Attems 1929; Zapparoli 1991; Stoev 2000), Russia (Volgograd region) ( Volkova 2016) and Central Asia: Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan ( Kessler 1874; Sseliwanoff 1881; Attems 1904; Lignau 1929a; Verhoeff 1930).

Previous records. Khatlon Region: Mu'minobod District («Near Muminabad, southern Tajikistan »), “ Tajikistan ” ( Titova 1969, 1978).

Remarks. This species is new to the Sughd Region and the Districts of Republican Subordination.