Lithobius viriatus Sseliwanoff, 1881

Dyachkov, Yurii V., 2024, An annotated checklist of the Chilopoda from Azerbaijan, Ecologica Montenegrina 71, pp. 301-316 : 311

32. Lithobius viriatus Sseliwanoff, 1881

Lithobius oblongus Sseliwanoff 1881a: 180 .

Lithobius oblongus – Muralewicz 1907: 336; 1929: 61; Samedov et al. 1976: 75; Bababekova 1996: 91; Zapparoli 1988: 33.

Lithobius viriatus – Sseliwanoff 1881a: 182; Muralewicz 1907: 335; 1926: 35; 1929: 82; Zalesskaja 1972: 124; 1978: 75; Samedov et al. 1976: 76; Bababekova 1996: 91; Zapparoli 1986: 84; 1988: 29; Dyachkov et al. 2022b: 82; 2023: 55.

Lithobius viriatus multidentatus – Sseliwanoff 1881a: 183; Muralewicz 1907: 335; Matic & Golemansky 1964: 16; Samedov et al. 1976: 75.

Lithobius viriatus similis – Sseliwanoff 1881a: 184; Muralewicz 1907: 335; Matic & Golemansky 1964: 16; Samedov et al. 1976: 75.

Previous records. “Caucasus Major” (as L. viriatus , L. viriatus multidentatus , and L. viriatus similis, Samedov et al. 1976 ; Bababekova 1996), “Caucasus Minor” (as L. oblongus, Bababekova 1996 ); Zagatala and Balakan districts: [1] ( Zalesskaja 1972), Qusar: [2], Shaki: [4], Lenkaran: [24], [33], Astara: [25], [26], Lerik: [29], [31] ( Muralewicz 1926, 1929; Zalesskaja 1972; Samedov et al. 1976; Bababekova 1996), Shaki: [3], [4] (as L. viriatus multidentatus, Sseliwanoff 1881a ; Muralewicz 1907, 1926), Aghstafa: [7] ( Muralewicz 1926; as L. viriatus similis, Sseliwanoff 1881a ; Muralewicz 1907, 1929), Ganja: [15], and Kalbajar: [17], (as L. oblongus, Sseliwanoff 1881a ; Muralewicz 1907, 1926, 1929) districts.

Distribution. Eastern Mediterranean Region ( Dyachkov et al. 2022b; Kiria et al. 2023).

Remarks. L. oblongus , L. viriatus multidentatus , and L. viriatus similis were synonymized under L. viriatus ( Matic & Golemansky 1964; Zapparoli 1988).