Bothriogaster signata
Creators: name: Dyachkov, Yurii V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Himantariidae
Bothriogaster
Bothriogaster signata

description: Bothriogaster signata (Kessler, 1874)   
 Material. Tajikistan, Khatlon Region: 1 ad. (ZMMU Rc 7622), [Yovon District], Yavan [Yovon], virgin soil, 30–40 cm deep, 17.V.1968; 1 ♂ (ZMMU Rc 7771), Triticum, 10–20 cm deep, 25.V.1968; 1 ad. (ZMMU Rc 7624), [Muminabad District], Mu'minabad [Mu'minobod], virgin soil, 30–40 cm deep, 22.VII.1968; 2 fragm. (ZMMU Rc 7953), [in soil], 10–20 cm deep, 15.V.1965, all coll. BV; 1 ♀ (HNHM chilo-7716), virgin soil, 0–30 cm deep, 21.V.1962, coll. unknown; 1 ♀, 1 fragm. (ZMMU Rc 7772), Muchurka, 10–20 cm deep, 16.V.1965, coll. BV; 1 ♀, 1 juv. (ZMMU Rc 7944), [Qubodiyon District], Ichkoran Mt. Range, Teshiktosh Village, stony desert with rocks, N37°08.612', E68°14.404', 400–550 m a.s.l., 05–06.IV.2019; 1 ♂ (ASU No. 268), 05–06.IV.2019; 1 ♂ (ZMMU Rc 7945), N37°08.310', E68°15.462', 600–760 m a.s.l., 06.IV.2019; 1 ♀ (ASU No. 282), [Dusti District], Aruktau Mt. Range, 6 km ENE Garavuti Village, stony desert, N37°35.389', E68°31.654', 400–630 m a.s.l., 07–08.IV.2019; 1 juv. (ZMMU Rc 7947), [Vose District], Dzhilantau Mt. Range, 2 km E Kuybulyon Village, dry stony shiblyak shrubland with rocks, N37°53.970', E69°23.155', 970–1200 m a.s.l., 14.IV.2019; 2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀ (ASU No. 269), 14.IV.2019; 1 juv. (ZMMU Rc 7948), [Khuroson District], Bukadzhatar Mt. Range, between Dahanakiik and Galaabad Villages, mountain stony steppe with rocks, N38°11.605', E68°39.521', 790–950 m a.s.l., 19.IV.2019; 1 ♀ (ZMMU Rc 7946), Aruktau Mt. Range, 7 km SW Sambuly Village, dry stony shiblyak shrubland with rocks, N37°45.602', E68°32.741', 660–980 m a.s.l., 09.IV.2019; 4 ♀♀ (ASU No. 285), 09.IV.2019; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (ASU No. 284), [Danghara District], W foothill of Dzhilantau Mt. Range, Kuybulyon Village, loess hills, meadow, N37°53.540', E69°22.184', 750 m a.s.l., 13.IV.2019, all coll. AF; 1 ♀ (ZMMU Rc 7735), Dushanbe, Rangontau Mt. Range, south slope, 31 km by road, 14.IV.1983, coll. YS; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, 1 juv., 1 fragm. (ZMMU Rc 7739), Sughd Region, [Mastchoh District], Mogoltau Mts, under stones, 12.IV.1974, unknown coll.; 3 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀, 1 fragm. (ZMMU Rc 7740), Mogoltau Mts, near foothill, southern part, under stones, 11.IV.1974, unknown coll.; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ (ZMMU Rc 7760), [Isfara District], Isfara, Nayman, in soil, 0–10 cm deep, 27.IV.1982, unknown coll.; 1 ♂ (ASU No. 283), Districts of Republican Subordination, [Roghun District], left side of Obikandak River Valley (left stream tributary of Obigarm River), stony meadow with rocks, N38°43.275', E69°43.863', 1250–1540 m a.s.l., 23.IV.2019, coll. AF; 1 ♀ (ZMMU Rc 7769), Fayzabad [Faizobod], virgin soil, 0–10 cm deep, 25.IV.1966, coll. BV; 2 ♀♀ (ZMMU Rc 7770), virgin soil, 0–10 cm deep, 28.IV.1966, coll. BV.   
 Distribution. Balkan Peninsula, Western Asia, Cyprus, Northern Africa (Attems 1929; Zapparoli 1991; Stoev 2000), Russia (Volgograd region) (Volkova 2016) and Central Asia: Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan (Kessler 1874; Sseliwanoff 1881; Attems 1904; Lignau 1929a; Verhoeff 1930).   
 Previous records. Khatlon Region: Mu'minobod District («Near Muminabad, southern Tajikistan »), “ Tajikistan ” (Titova 1969, 1978).   
 Remarks. This species is new to the Sughd Region and the Districts of Republican Subordination.
description: Published as part of Dyachkov, Yurii V., 2020, New data on the centipede (Chilopoda) fauna from Tajikistan, pp. 78-86 in Ecologica Montenegrina 36 on pages 80-81, DOI: 10.37828/em.2020.36.6, http://zenodo.org/record/13231757