An annotated checklist of the Chilopoda and Diplopoda (Myriapoda) of the Abrau Peninsula, northwestern Caucasus, Russia Author Korobushkin, Daniil I. Author Semenyuk, Irina I. Author Tuf, Ivan H. text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 7308 7308 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7308 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7308 1314-2828-4-7308 Lithobius forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758) Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: DMK; Sampling: hand ; individualCount: 1 ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Krasnodar; locality: {10} ; verbatimCoordinates: 44°43'31''N , 37°29'04'' E ; 85; Event: eventDate: 06-20-13 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: KBG, DIK; Sampling: sample ; individualCount: 3 ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Krasnodar; locality: {2} ; verbatimCoordinates: 44°44'13'' N , 37°28'46'' E ; 153; Event: eventDate: 06/2013 Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: KBG, DIK, DMK, AAP, IHT; Sampling: hand, sample ; individualCount: 3 ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Krasnodar; locality: {1} ; verbatimCoordinates: 44°45'15'' N , 37°29'53'' E ; 195; Event: eventDate: 06/2013 Notes L. forficatus is an eurytopic species, showing a pan-Holarctic distribution pattern, widely distributed from Great Britain to Turkey and Georgia, the eastern boundary of its range reaching the Ural Mountains ( Zalesskaja 1978 ). The species has also been introduced in the Far East, Africa, North and South America, etc. ( Zapparoli 2009 ). In the studied area, the species occurs in the leaf litter layer, under the stones and under the bark of dead trees in deciduous forests.