Lithobius (Lithobius) forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dyachkov, Yu. V., 2019, New data on lithobiomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpa: Anopsobiidae, Henicopidae, Lithobiidae) from KaZakhstan, Arthropoda Selecta 28 (1), pp. 8-20 : 14

Lithobius (Lithobius) forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Map, Figs 43–47 .

Lithobius (Lithobius) forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758) : Zalesskaja, 1978: 69–71; Farzalieva, 2008: 41–42; Farzalieva et Esyunin, 2008: 926–929; Nefediev et al., 2016: 261–263; Zuev, 2016: 25; Zuev et Evsyukov, 2016: 418–419; Prado et al., 2018: 560–563.

MATERIAL. 3 ♂♂ ( ASU No. 50), East Kazakhstan Region, Shemonaikha town, garden, N50°37′20.16″, E81°55′04.36″, 308 m a.s.l., 6.V.2017, VR; 2 ♀♀ ( ASU No. 51), Almaty Region, Trans-Ili Alatau Mt. Range, Malaya Almatinka River Valley , Medeu , 21.VIII.2015, IT; 1 ♂ ( ASU No. 52), same Mt. Range , Kazakchka River Valley , 15.V.2015, IT; 1 ♂ ( ASU No. 53), same Mt. Range , Butakovka River Valley , 7.X.2016, IT; 1 ♀ ( ASU No. 159), same Region , Almaty city, Rakhat District , 7.XI.2018, IT; 1 ♀ ( ASU No. 160), Kyzylorda Region , vicinity of Abay village , paddy fields with Orýza , 26.III.2018, IT .

DISTRIBUTION. This species is widespread through human agency (North and South America, Greenland, Europe, western Siberia and Mongolia) [ Zalesskaja, 1978; Farzalieva, 2008; Tuf et al., 2015; Nefediev et al., 2016; Zuev, Evsyukov, 2016; Prado et al., 2018]. In Kazakhstan: East Kazakhstan Region (Zyryanovsk City and Ulken-Naryn village) [ Dyachkov et al., 2016], Almaty and Kyzylorda regions.

REMARKS. Clypeus, labrum, maxillary complex, mandible, dental margin of forcipular coxosternite and 11T as in Figs 43–47 . This species is new to the lithobiid centipede list of the Almaty and Kyzylorda regions.

Figures

Figs 43–47. Lithobius forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758): 43 — clypeus and labrum, ventral view; 44 — maxillary complex, ventral view; 45 — dental margin of forcipular coxosternite, ventral view; 46 — mandible; 47 — tergite 11, dorsal view. Scale: 43–46 — 0.5 mm, 47 — 1 mm. Рис. 43–47. Lithobius forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758): 43 — клипеус и лабрум, вентрально; 44 — максиллЯрный комплекс, вентрально; 45 — Зубной край коксостернита ногочелюсти, вентрально; 46 — мандибула; 47 — тергит 11, дорсально. МасШтаб: 43–46 — 0,5 мм, 47 — 1 мм.