Lithobius (Monotarsobius) crassipes L. Koch, 1862

Nefediev, P. S., Farzalieva, G. Sh., Tuf, I. H. & Efimov, D. A., 2020, The first records of lithobiid centipedes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae) from the Kemerovo Area, southwestern Siberia, Russia, Invertebrate Zoology 17 (1), pp. 36-43 : 40-41

Lithobius (Monotarsobius) crassipes L. Koch, 1862

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MATERIAL EXAMINED 1 ♂, 1 juv.

(ASU), Russia, southwestern Siberia, Kemerovo Area, Novokuznetsk District , ca 8 km E Kuzedeevo, Tilia sibirica grove, under bark and in moss on trunks, 10.VIII.2000, leg. P.S. Nefediev.

DISTRIBUTION. A western Palaearctic species, L. (M.) crassipes is widespread in mainland Europe and the Caucasus, the Canaries, Madeira, North Africa and eastern Kazakhstan ( Zalesskaja, 1978; Bonato at al., 2016; Dyachkov et al., 2016). In Asian Russia, this species has previously been known only from the Yenisei River region, Krasnoyarsk Province, central Siberia ( Stuxberg, 1876a, b), as well as the Tyumen Area ( Sergeeva, 2010, 2013; Bukhkalo et al., 2014) and the Altai Province ( Nefediev et al., 2016), both last regions listed lying in southwestern Siberia.

REMARKS. The above is the first formal record of this species from the Kemerovo Area.

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Map 3. Distribution of Lithobius (Monotarsobius) curtipes (white square) and L. (M.) crassipes (black asterisk) in the Kemerovo Area. Карта 3. Распространение Lithobius (Monotarsobius) curtipes (белый квадрат) и L. (M.) crassipes (чернаЯ ЗвеЗда) в Кемеровской области.