Arctogeophilus macrocephalus Folkmanova & Dobroruka, 1960

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 : 233-234

Arctogeophilus macrocephalus Folkmanova & Dobroruka, 1960

? Arctogeophilus sp. - Byzova and Chadaeva 1965: 337.

Arctogeophilus macrocephalus - Zalesskaja et al. 1982: 189; Nefediev et al. 2017a: 8, 10: map; 2017c: 13; 2017d: 221, 222: map.

Material examined

(all from Russia, southwestern Siberia, Altai Province, Charysh District, ca. 4.5 km SE of Charyshskoye Village). 1 juv. (ASU), site 1 on S slope, soil sample 1 (10-20 cm deep), 31.05.2016; 1 juv. (ASU), site 1 on S slope, soil sample 2 (10-20 cm deep), 31.05.2016; 1 juv. (ASU), site 1 on S slope, soil sample 4 (0-10 cm deep), 1.06.2016; 1 juv. (ASU), site 2 on S slope, soil sample 2 (0-10 cm deep), 1.06.2016; 1 juv. (ASU), site 2 on S slope, soil sample 3 (0-10 cm deep), 1.06.2016; 1 juv. (ASU), site 2 on S slope, soil sample 4 (0-10 cm deep), 1.06.2016; 1 juv. (ASU), site 2 on S slope, soil sample 5 (0-10 cm deep), 1.06.2016; 1 ♀ (ASU), site 1 on N slope, hand sampling, 2.06.2016, all leg. P.N., Kh.N., S.N., V.S.; 1 juv. (ASU), site 2 on N slope, soil sample 1 0-10 cm deep), 13.07.2016, leg. Kh.N., S.N., V.S.; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (ASU), site 1 on S slope, soil sample 1 (0-10 cm deep), 22.08.2016; 1 ♀ (ASU), site 1 on S slope, soil sample 2 (0-10 cm deep), 22.08.2016; 1 juv. (ASU), site 1 on S slope, soil sample 4 (0-10 cm deep), 23.08.2016, all leg. P.N., Kh.N., S.N., V.S.; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ (ZMUM), Betula pendula and Populus tremula stand on N slope, 51°21'33.8"N, 83°37'23.2"E, 518 m a.s.l., hand sampling, 20.06.2017, leg. P.N.

Distribution.

Trans-Eurasian temperate range: this species is very widely distributed, ranging from European Russia through Siberia to the Far East of Russian ( Zalesskaja et al. 1982). In southwestern Siberia A. macrocephalus has been recorded in the Kemerovo and Tomsk areas, Republic of Altai and Altai Province ( Byzova and Chadaeva 1965; Zalesskaja et al. 1982; Nefediev et al. 2017a, c, d).

Remarks.

Apparently a very euryoecious species, A. macrocephalus has currently been recorded mainly from habitats on the southern slope.