Cylindroiulus orientalis Read, 1994

Golovatch, S. I., 2022, Several noteworthy records of millipedes (Diplopoda) from Central Asia, Russian Entomological Journal 31 (3), pp. 327-330 : 327

Cylindroiulus orientalis Read, 1994

Figs 1–4 .

MATERIAL. Numerous ♂♂, ♀♀ and juveniles ( ZMUM), E Kazakhstan, East Kazakhstan Area, Urjar Distr., Tarbagatai Mountains, Urjar River valley, 4 km N of Alekseevka, N 47°17´, E 81°34´, ca 1000 m a.s.l., Populus , Malus , Salix etc. forest with Rosa , Lonicera etc. bushes, 24–25. VI.2001; numerous ♂♂, ♀♀ and juveniles ( ZMUM), E Kazakhstan, East Kazakhstan Area, Makanchi Distr., Tarbagatai Mountains,, 6 km NE of Kirovka (= Karatuma), Sholakterek River valley, N 47°10´, E 82°06´, ca 1200 m a.s.l., highly disturbed Populus forest with Salix , Rosa , Lonicera , Crataegus etc. bushes, 23–24. VI.2001; numerous ♂♂, ♀♀ and juveniles ( ZMUM), E Kazakhstan, East Kazakhstan Area, Makanchi Distr., Tarbagatai Mountains, Kyzylbulak River valley, 4 km NE of Petrovskoe (= Kyzylbulak), N 47°03´, E 82°18´, ca 1100– 1200 m a.s.l., riverine Populus , Malus , Salix etc.forest, 22. VI.2001, all S. Golovatch leg.

REMARKS. This species is presently the easternmost in the natural distribution area of the entire Ancient Mediterranean genus Cylindroiulus Verhoeff, 1894 . This very large genus currently encompasses 130+ species ranging from Macaronesia in the west to Central Asia in the east, mostly narrowly endemic, although about a dozen species are anthropochoric and up to subcosmopolitan in distribution [ Minelli, 2015]. The above samples are near-topotypes, as they also come from the Tarbagatai Mountains within eastern Kazakhstan [Read, 1994]. New illustrations ( Figs 1–4 ) are provided to document the identity.

Figures

Figs 1–4. Cylindroiulus orientalis Read, 1994, ♂♂ from near Alekseevka: 1 — habitus, lateral view; 2 — both promeres and tightly attached mesomeres, caudal view; 3, 4 — left opisthomere, mesal and caudolateral views, respectively. Photographs by K.V. Makarov, taken not to scale. Рис. 1–4. Cylindroiulus orientalis Read, 1994, ♂♂ иЗ окрестностей Алексеевки: 1 — обЩий вид, сбоку; 2 — оба промера и тесно прижатые к ним меЗомеры, сЗади; 3, 4 — левый опистомер, соответственно иЗнутри и одновременно сЗади и сбоку. Фотографии К.В. Макарова, снЯты беЗ масШтаба.