Altajosoma deplanatum (Stuxberg 1876)

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 : 51-52

Altajosoma deplanatum (Stuxberg 1876)

Craspedosoma deplanatum Stuxberg 1876: 36 , 39: figs.

Craspedosoma deplanatum — Stuxberg 1876a: 317; Lokšina & Golovatch 1979: 383. Altajosoma pinetorum Guliċka 1972: 37 –38, 37: fig. 1.

Altajosoma pinetorum — Lokšina & Golovatch 1979: 382; Shelley et al. 2000: 62.

Diplomaragna deplanata — Shear 1990: 19 –21, 20: figs 29–33; Mikhaljova 1993: 22.

Diplomaragna pinetorum — Shear 1990: 38; Mikhaljova 1993: 25.

Altajosoma deplanatum — Mikhaljova 2000: 160: figs 16–19; 2004: 170–171, 171: figs 389–393, 162: map 21;; Mikhaljova & Golovatch 2001:108; Nefediev 2002: 30; 2002a: 35; Mikhaljova & Nefediev 2003: 86.

Material examined (all from Russia, Siberia, Republic of Altai, collected by P.S. Nefediev and J.S. Nefedieva): 1 male, 6 juveniles (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 14, subalpine sparse growth of Pinus sibirica , 1,935 m a.s.l., 14 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 6, forest ( Pinus sylvestris , Abies sibirica, Populus tremula), 860 m a.s.l., 18 August 2005; 1 male (CN) Ulagan District, 15 km NNW of Aktash, Taldukel’ Lake, forest ( Larix sibirica ), 17–18 July 2006; 1 male (CN), 1 male ( IBSS), Ulagan District, 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; 1 male (CN), Ulagan District, 18 km NNW of Aktash, NW of Sorulukel’ Lake, top of the hill, forest ( Pinus sibirica , Larix sibirica ), 10 August 2007; 1 male (CN), Ulagan District, 18 km NNW of Aktash, NW of Sorulukel’ Lake, forest ( Pinus sibirica , Larix sibirica ), 13 August 2007; 2 males (CN), Turochak District, Altai State Nature Reserve, N of Teletskoe Lake, Yailyu, broad gully ( Betula pendula , Pinus sylvestris ), 19 August 2005.

Distribution: Russia: Siberia ( Kemerovo Area, between Mariinsk in Kemerovo Area and Achinsk in Krasnoyarsk Province, Republic of Khakassia, Novosibirsk and Tomsk areas, Republic of Altai).

Remarks: At present, environs of Aktash are the southernmost records of this species.