Shearia calycina 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 : 53-54

Shearia calycina Mikhaljova 2000

Shearia calycina Mikhaljova 2000: 166 –167, 167: figs 37–38.

Shearia calycina — Mikhaljva & Golovatch 2001: 110; Mikhaljova 2004: 163 –164, 163: figs 379–380, 164: map 22.

Material examined (all from Russia, Siberia, Republic of Altai, Kosh-Agach District, collected by P.S. Nefediev and J.S. Nefedieva): 1 male, 3 females, 7 juveniles (CN), 22 km SSE of Belyi Bom, near Achik, sparse growth of Pinus sibirica with Larix sibirica , Betula rotundifolia, Lonicera altaica, 2,000–2,200 m a.s.l., 22 July 2006; 1 male, 1 female, 2 juveniles (CN), 1 male ( IBSS), 22 km SSE of Belyi Bom, near Achik, S riverside slope of Shavla River, subalpine meadow, under Pentaphylloides fruticosa , 22 July 2006.

Distribution: Russia: Siberia (Republic of Altai).

Remarks: Originally described from 2,800 m a.s.l., northern extremity of Yuzhno-Chuiskii Mt. Range, watershed of Sebystei and Kokuzek rivers, South Altai Mts ( Mikhaljova 2000), this species has since never been rediscovered. Therefore, the above samples are the first records of this species at 2,000–2,200 m a.s.l. in the northwest extremity of Severo-Chuiskii Mt. Range.

Shearia densecava (Guli ě ka 1972)

Altajosoma densecavum Guliċka 1972: 38 , 37: fig 2.

Altajosoma densecavum — Lokšina & Golovatch 1979: 382.

Diplomaragna densecava — Shear 1990: 38 –39; Mikhaljova 1993: 22.

Shearia densecava — Mikhaljova 2000: 165 –166, 166: figs 33–36; Mikhaljova & Golovatch 2001: 110; Mikhaljova & Nefediev 2003: 86.

Material examined (all from Russia, Siberia, Republic of Altai): 1 male (CN), Shebalino District, Kumalyr, 85° 34' – 51° 10', Larix sibirica park-like forest, 1,050 m a.s.l., collected 14 August 2005 by A.S. Babenko; (all below from Ulagan District, collected by P.S. Nefediev and J.S. Nefedieva) 1 male (CN), 1 male ( IBSS), 15 km NNW of Aktash, Taldukel’ Lake, forest ( Larix sibirica ), 17–18 July 2006; 2 males, 1 female, 10 juveniles (CN), near ford on the left bank of Kalbakaya River, 89° 05' – 50° 21', sparse growth of Larix sibirica with Pinus sibirica and Betula rotundifolia on the hill slope, 25 July 2006; 2 males (CN), 25 km NNE of Aktash, Ulagan Pass, sparse growth of Pinus sibirica and Larix sibirica with Betula rotundifolia , 2,080 m a.s.l., 31 July 2006; 2 males (CN), Aktash, top of Sardyma Mt., forest ( Pinus sibirica , Larix sibirica ), 5 August 2006; 3 males (CN), 18 km NNW of Aktash, NW of Sorulukel’ Lake, top of the hill, forest ( Pinus sibirica , Larix sibirica ), 10 August 2007; 1 male, 27 juveniles (CN), 18 km NNW of Aktash, SW of Sorulukel’ Lake, bottom of N slope of Aigulakskii Mt. Range, forest ( Pinus sibirica , Larix sibirica with Betula rotundifolia ), 11 August 2007; 1 male, 1 female (CN), 18 km NNW of Aktash, SW of Sorulukel’ Lake, forest ( Pinus sibirica , Larix sibirica ), under mushroom cap, 12 August 2007; 1 male (CN), 18 km NNW of Aktash, NW of Sorulukel’ Lake, forest ( Pinus sibirica , Larix sibirica ), 13 August 2007.

Distribution: Russia: Siberia (Republic of Altai).

Remark s: At present Kumalyr is the northernmost record of this species, and Kalbakaya River is the easternmost one.