Pachymerium ferrugineum
Creators: name: Dyachkov, Yurii V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Geophilomorpha
Geophilidae
Pachymerium
Pachymerium ferrugineum

description: Pachymerium ferrugineum (C.L. Koch, 1835)   
Fig. 1.  
 Material. 1 ♂ (ZISP chilo-20), Kyrgyzstan, [Chuy Region], Bishkek and vicinity, III–IV. year unknown; 1 ♂ (ZISP chilo-21), [Issyk-Kul Region], Kutemaldy River [ca. N42°27'08", E76°7'28"], 10.VI.1907, coll. K; Kazakhstan, East Kazakhstan Region: 1 ♀ (ASU No. 232), Urzhar District, 22 km NW Taskesken Village, N47°21'11", E80°35'05", steppe, under stones, 180 m, 02.V.2019, coll. YD; 1 ♂ (ASU No. 227), Kyzylbeltau Mts, Eginsu River Valley, 5 km N Yuzhniy, N47°10'43", E81°15'57", mixed forest, 650 m, 09.V.2019, coll. YD; 1 ♂ (ASU No. 224), Terekty River Valley, 7 km SSW Blagodatnoye Village, N47°11'16", E81°17'24", Populus forest on river bank, grasses, in litter, 720 m, 08.V.2019, coll. YD; 5 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀ (ASU No. 231), 6 km NW Kyzylzhuldyz Village, Ushbulak Mts, N47°11'55", E80°56'36", stony steppe with bushes, 690 m, 02–03.V.2019, coll. YD; 1 ♂ (ZMMU Rc 7959), N47°11'44", E80°56'32", stony steppe with bushes and rocks, 700 m, 3.V.2019, coll. AF; 1 ♂ (ASU No. 506), Almaty Region, Karasay District, Kayrat Village, peasant farming [N43°10'44", E76°43'43"], 13.III.2022, coll. IT; Uzbekistan, Surxondaryo Region: 1 ♂ (ASU No. 432), 28 km SE from Denau City, Babatag Mt. Range, N38°06'57", E68°11'54", Pistacia woodland and dry river bottom, in soil, under stones, 900–1200 m, 29–30.III.2022, coll. YD; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ (ASU No. 448), 1 ♂ (ASU No. 474), Kugitangtau Mt. Range, vicinity of Neftchi summer camp, stony Juniperus woodland, under stones, N37°51'32", E66°38'04", 1700–2000 m, 6– 7.V.2022, coll. YD, AF; 2 ♀♀ (ASU No. 450), 35 km NW from Denau City, Baysun-Tau Mt. Range, Sangardakdarya River Valley, N38°31'31", E67°36'27", stony shiblyak with rocks, 1200 m, 4.V.2022, coll. YD; 1 ♀ (ASU No. 458), Tupalangdarya River Valley, 7 km NNE from Gisarak Kishlak, stony shiblyak with rocks, under stones, N38°37'58", E67°49'32", 1100–1300 m, 1–2.V.2022, coll. YD; [Tajikistan, Khatlon Region, Mu'minobod District], Muminabad [Mu'minobod City, N38°06', E70°01']: 2 ♂♂ (ZMMU Rc 8248), Medicago, 20–30 [cm deep], 16.V.[19]65; 1 ♀ (ZMMU Rc 8258), virgin soil, 20–30 [cm deep], 25.X.[19]64; 1 ♂ (ZMMU Rc 8227), Sharak [N38°16'31", E70°04'00"], virgin soil, 10–20 [cm deep], 28.V.[19]69; [Yovon District], Yavan [Yovon City, N38°18'52", E69°03'11"]: 1 ad. (ZMMU Rc 8235), Hordeum, 10–20 [cm deep], 13.V.[19]67; 1 ♂ (ZMMU Rc 8239), virgin soil, 0–10 [cm deep], 27.V.[19]68; 1 ♂ (ZMMU Rc 8252), virgin soil, 0–10 [cm deep], 27.V.[19]68; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀ (ZMMU Rc 8256), virgin soil, 0–10 [cm deep], 27.V.[19]68; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 1 body fragm. (ZMMU Rc 8261), virgin soil, 0–10 [cm deep], 29.X.[19]67; 1 ♀ (ZMMU Rc 8265), virgin soil, 10–20 [cm deep], 26.X.[19]68; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀ (ZMMU Rc 8269), virgin soil, 0–10 [cm deep], 27.V.[19]68; 1 ♀ (ZMMU Rc 8259), Triticum, 0–40 [cm deep], 26.VII.[19]67; 1 ♂ (ZMMU Rc 8262), Triticum, 0–10 [cm deep], 23.V.[19]68; 1 ♀ (ZMMU Rc 8270), Triticum, 0–10 [cm deep], 26.V.[19]68; 1 ♀ (ZMMU Rc 8234), [Sughd Region, Zafarobod District], Zafarobad [Zafarobod, N40°10'40", E68°50'10"], virgin soil, 0–20 [cm deep], 6.IV.[19]67; 3 ♂♂ (ZMMU Rc 8260), [Districts of Republican Subordination, Rasht District], Garm [city, N39°01', E70°23'], 0–10 [cm deep], 19.VI.[19]69.   
 Distribution. A trans-Palaearctic species (Zarei et al. 2020; Dyachkov et al. 2022), widely spread in Middle Asia (Dyachkov 2018, 2020b; Dyachkov & Tuf 2019; Dyachkov & Nedoev 2021).   
 Remarks. This species, genus Pachymerium, and family Geophilidae are new to the Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan, to the Districts of Republican Subordination of Tajikistan, and to the Surxondaryo Region of Uzbekistan.
description: Published as part of Dyachkov, Yurii V., 2022, On new records of Geophilomorpha (Chilopoda) from Middle Asia, pp. 70-79 in Ecologica Montenegrina 60 on pages 71-72, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.60.11, http://zenodo.org/record/13241337