Altajosoma katunicum Mikhaljova 2000

Mikhaljova, Elena V., Nefediev, Pavel S. & Nefedieva, Julia S., 2008, A new species and new records of millipedes of the family Diplomaragnidae (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida) from Altai, Zootaxa 1931, pp. 49-56 : 52

Altajosoma katunicum Mikhaljova 2000

Altajosoma katunicum Mikhaljova 2000: 161 –162, 162: figs 22–26. Altajosoma katunicum — Mikhaljova & Golovatch 2001: 108; Mikhaljova 2004: 176 –177, 177: figs 414–418, 112: map 15.

Material examined (all from Russia, Siberia, Republic of Altai, collected by P.S. Nefediev and J.S. Nefedieva): 1 male (CN), 1 male ( IBSS), Ulagan District, Altai State Nature Reserve, SE of Teletskoe Lake, near cordon Chiri, mouth of Chiri River, forest ( Betula pendula ), 11–12 August 2005; 1 male (CN), Ulagan District, Altai State Nature Reserve, SE of Teletskoe Lake, environs of cordon Chiri, watershed of Kyga and Bayas rivers, 22 numbered sites at different altitudes (= Kyga Profile), site 1, forest ( Pinus sylvestris , Betula pendula ), 500 m a.s.l., 12 August 2005; 1 male (CN), Turochak District, Altai State Nature Reserve, N of Teletskoe Lake, Yailyu, broad gully ( Betula pendula , Pinus sylvestris ), 19 August 2005.

Distribution: Russia: Siberia (Republic of Altai).

Remarks: Originally described from 1,600–2,200 m a.s.l., Katunskii Mt. Range, Central Altai ( Mikhaljova 2000), this species has not been recollected since. Therefore, the above samples are the first records of this species at 500 m a.s.l. in the environs of Teletskoe Lake, the northeast part of the Republic of Altai.