Geophilus proximus C.L. Koch, 1847

Nefediev, P. S., 2019, New records of geophilomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) from natural and anthropogenic habitats of Siberia, Far Eastern Entomologist 380, pp. 23-28 : 24-25

Geophilus proximus C.L. Koch, 1847

MATERIAL. Russia: Republic of Khakassia: Abakan, “Orbita” Gardening Partnership,

bank of pond near Abakan – Solnogorsk road, in soil, under pebble, 17.V 2008, 1 ♀, leg. S.V.

Dragan; Altaiskii krai: Slavgorodskii District, Yarovoye, 20–27.VII 2016, 1 juv., leg. D.A.

Efimov; Kemerovskaya oblast: Kemerovskii District, Lyapki village, 55°11  N, 86°23  E,

Betula pendula and Pinus sylvestris forest, 12. VII 2017, 1 ♀, leg. D.A. Efimov.

DISTRIBUTION. The distribution of this species covers the northern part of the Palae-

arctic from northeastern Europe to Japan. In Siberia, G. proximus has previously been known from Tyumenskaya, Omskaya, Novosibirskaya and Tomskaya oblasts, as well as from Altaiskii krai ( Nefediev et al., 2017 b).

REMARKS. This species has hitherto been recorded neither from Kemerovskaya oblast nor from Republic of Khakassia, both SW Siberia .

Family Linotaeniidae Cook, 1904