Lithobius (Ezembius) ostiacorum
Millipede and centipede assemblages on the northern and southern slopes of the lowland Altais, southwestern Siberia, Russia (Diplopoda, Chilopoda)
Nefediev, Pavel S.
Farzalieva, Gyulli Sh.
Tuf, Ivan H.
Nedoev, Khozhiakbar Kh.
Niyazov, Saparmurad T.
ZooKeys
2018
741
219
254
3VHTF
Stuxberg, 1876
Stuxberg
1876
Chilopoda
Lithobiidae
Lithobius
CoL
Animalia
Lithobius (Ezembius) ostiacorum
Lithobiomorpha
8
227
Arthropoda
species
ostiacorum
Ezembius
Lithobius (Ezembius) ostiacorum- Nefediev et al. 2017c: 13; 2017d: 218: map.
Material examined (all from Russia, southwestern Siberia, Altai Province, Charysh District, ca. 4.5 km SE of Charyshskoye Village). 1 ♀ (ZMUM), foot of S slope of mountain, Padus aviumand Populus tremulastand near brook, hand sampling, 31.05.2016; 1 ♀ (ASU), site 1 on N slope, soil sample 1 (0-10 cm deep), 2.06.2016; 1 juv. (ASU), site 1 on N slope, soil sample 2 (0-10 cm deep), 2.06.2016; 1 ♂ (ASU), site 1 on N slope, soil sample 3 (litter), 2.06.2016; 1 ♀, 1 juv. (ASU), site 1 on N slope, soil sample 5 (0-10 cm deep), 2.06.2016, all leg. P.N., Kh.N., S.N., V.S.; 1 ♀ (ASU), site 1 on S slope, soil sample 3 (0-10 cm deep), 12.07.2016; 2 ♀♀, 1 juv. (ASU), site 1 on N slope, soil sample 2 (0-10 cm deep), 12.07.2016; 1 ♂, 1 juv. (ASU), site 1 on N slope, soil sample 5 (0-10 cm deep), 12.07.2016; 1 juv. (ASU), site 2 on N slope, soil sample 2 (0-10 cm deep), 13.07.2016; 1 ♀ (ASU), site 2 on N slope, soil sample 4 (10-20 cm deep), 13.07.2016, all leg. Kh.N., S.N., V.S.; 2 juv. (ASU), site 1 on S slope, soil sample 5 (0-10 cm deep), 22.08.2016; 1 juv. (ASU), site 2 on N slope, soil sample 2 (0-10 cm deep), 23.08.2016; 2 juv. (ASU), site 2 on N slope, soil sample 3 (0-10 cm deep), 23.08.2016, all leg. P.N., Kh.N., S.N., V.S.; 1 ♂ (PSU), Betula pendulaand Populus tremulastand on N slope, 51°21'33.8"N, 83°37'23.2"E, 518 m a.s.l., hand sampling, 20.06.2017, leg. P.N.
Distribution. Southern Siberian boreal range with isolated Yenisei population: this species has previously been recorded in the Yenisei River area, Krasnoyarsk Province and Irkutsk Area (central and eastern Siberia, respectively) ( Zalesskaja 1978), also recently found in northern Mongolia ( Poloczek et al. 2016), Altai Province ( Nefediev et al. 2017c) and Republic of Altai ( Nefediev et al. 2017d).
Remarks. The above record of L. ostiacorum, recently announced at the 17th International Congress of Myriapodology ( Nefediev et al. 2017c), can be considered as the first formal find of the species in SW Siberia. In the study localities, the species was found more frequently on N facing habitats.