Julus azarovae Mikhaljova, 2009

Nefediev, P. S., 2018, New records of millipedes of the order Julida (Diplopoda) from Asian Russia and adjacent regions, Far Eastern Entomologist 370, pp. 12-20 : 13

Julus azarovae Mikhaljova, 2009

MATERIAL. Russia: Republic of Altai: Ulaganskii District, Aigulakskii Mt. Range,

near source of Sardyma River, rocky alpine meadow with stony streams, 50°24  N, 87°33  E,

2400–2500 m, 29.VII 2016, 1 ♂, 6 ♀, 1 subadult ♂ ( ASU), leg. A.A. Fomichev; Ulaganskii

District, Aigulakskii Mt. Range, subalpine meadow with stony streams and tundra, 50°24  N,

87°33  E, 2400–2500 m, 29.VII 2016, 1 ♂ ( ASU), leg. Yu. V. Dyachkov ; Kuraiskii Mt. Range ,

watershed of Korumduairy and Yarlyamry rivers, mountain top with retranslator, rocky mountain tundra, 50.33958°N, 87.74865°E, ca 3000 m, 7.VIII 2016, 2 ♀ ( ASU), leg. V. V .

Sidorov.

DISTRIBUTION. Russia: Republic of Altai ( Fig. 1 ).

REMARKS. Previously this species was known from the northern part of Altai (Mikhaljova, 2009, 2016); here it is recorded from south-east part at elevation 2400–3000 m. Three species of the genus Julus Linnaeus, 1758 ( J. jedryczkowskii Golovatch, 1981 , J. colchicus

Lohmander, 1936 and J. lignaui Verhoeff, 1910 ) seem to be the most high-montane congeners in the Caucasus region (Evsyukov et al., 2018).

marked in black, new records marked in white.

Figures

Fig. 1. Distribution of Julus azarovae Mikhaljova, 2009 (circle) and Leptoiulus tigirek Mikhaljova, Nefediev, Nefedieva et Dyachkov, 2015 (diamond). Previously known localities