Geophilus proximus C.L. Koch, 1847

Dyachkov, Yu. V. & Tuf, I. H., 2019, NEW DATA ON THE FAMILY GEOPHILIDAE LEACH, 1815 (CHILOPODA: GEOPHILOMORPHA) FROM KAZAKHSTAN, Far Eastern Entomologist 391, pp. 24-28 : 25-26

Geophilus proximus C.L. Koch, 1847

MATERIAL. Kazakhstan: East Kazakhstan Region, Shemonaikha District, Shemonaikha Town , garden, 50°37'51.1" N, 81°55'33.4" E, 308 m, 07–09. V 2017, 2 ♀, VR ( ASU

No 1); Katonkaragay District, Ulken-Naryn Village, garden, 49°12'52.1" N, 84°30'04.0" E,

403 m, 24.VI 2016, 14 ♀, 7 juv., YD ( ASU No 2); Urzhar District , Tarbagatai Mt Range ,

Kyzylbeltau Mts, Terekty River Valley, 7 km SSW Blagodatnoye Village, floodplain, Populus ,

grasses, in litter, 47°11.282' N, 81°17.414' E, 720 m, 08.V 2019, 1 ♀, YD ( ASU No 237) ;

Karaganda Region, Shet District, 4 km N Kuttybay Village, Bugyly Mts, stony mountain steppe with rocks and Juníperus , 48°55'01.61" N, 73°08'59.91" E, 800–1200 m, 27.IV 2016,

2 ♀, AF ( ASU No 3); West Kazakhstan Region, Zhanybek District, environs of Zhanybek

Town, forest belt, Quercus , 08. V 2005 , 3 ♀, TVP ( PSU); same locality, forest belt, Quercus ,

soil sample No. 1, 29.V 1982, 1 ♀, KM ( ZMMU Rc 7810); Zhanybek Station , forest belt, soil sample No. 3, 13.V 1965, 1 ♀, KM ( ZMMU Rc 7850); same locality, soil sample No. 31 ,

16. V 1966 , 1 ♀, KM ( ZMMU Rc 7867); same locality, soil sample No. 5, 07. VI 1982, 1 ♀,

KM ( ZMMU Rc 7816); same locality, soil sample No. 10, 15. V 1966, 1 ♀, 1 fragm ., KM

( ZMMU Rc 7857); same locality, forest belt, cavity (relief lowering), soil samples No. 1–2, 7–

14. VI 1982 , 3 ♀, 3 juv. , KM ( ZMMU Rc 7814); same locality, soil sample No. 2, 02 . VI

1982, 2 ♀, 1 juv., KM ( ZMMU Rc 7818); same locality, soil sample No. 9, 15.V 1965 , 1 ♀,

KM ( ZMMU Rc 7859); same locality, cavity, Ulmus , soil sample No. 1, 08. V 1966, 7 ♀ , 2

juv., KM ( ZMMU Rc 7866); same locality, soil samples No. 5, 7.V 1966, 11 ♀, 9 fragm .,

TSP ( ZMMU Rc 7804); same locality, cavity, grasses, soil sample No. 16, 13. V 1966, 2 ♀ ,

KM ( ZMMU Rc 7851); same locality, forest belt, slope, soil samples No. 4–5, 13. V 1965, 1

fragm., KM ( ZMMU Rc 7853); same locality, flat solonetz (aridisol), 06.V 1965, 1 fragm .,

KM ( ZMMU Rc 7862); same locality, arboretum, 14. V 1973, 5 ♀ , KM ( ZMMU Rc 7871);

same locality , soil sample No. 11, 19.VI 1982, 2 juv., KM ( ZMMU Rc 7817) ; same locality ,

Populus , soil sample No. 36, 19. VI 1966, 5 ♀, 5 fragm. ( ZMMU Rc 7807); same locality,

19. V .1966 , 3 ♀, 1 juv., 1 fragm., KM ( ZMMU Rc 7863); same locality, Betula , soil sample

No. 1, 18. VI 1982, 1 ♀, KM ( ZMMU Rc 7809); same locality, Betula , soil sample No. 3,

18.IV 1982, 1 ♀, KM ( ZMMU Rc 7811); same locality, arboretum, litter , 10.IV 1973, 13 ♀,

1 juv., ( ZMMU Rc 7869); same locality, flat watershed, Matricaria , soil sample No. 1, 01. V

1965, 1 ♀, KM ( ZMMU Rc 7865); same locality, Artemisia , soil sample No. 1, 22. VI 1982,

1 ♀, KM ( ZMMU Rc 7803); same locality, Artemisia , soil sample No. 1, 10.IX 1982 , 1 ♀,

KM ( ZMMU Rc 7813).

DISTRIBUTION. Kazakhstan: West Kazakhstan (Vsevolodova-Perel, 2009) and Kostanay (Naurzum Reserve) Regions (Bragina, 2012, 2016). – From northeastern Europe to

Japan, through Russia (European part, the Ural, S Siberia) (Volkova, 2016; Nefediev et al.,

2017 a, b).

REMARKS. This species is new to the East Kazakhstan and Karaganda Regions. In Kazakhstan, G. proximus dwells mostly in open man-made places with humid soils, while in central Kazakhstan (Karaganda Region) this species is recorded in steppe nearby of village.

The local populations are parthenogenetic.