A preliminary annotated checklist of Chilopoda from Iraq Author Dyachkov, Yurii V. 0000-0001-9256-9306 Altai State University, Lenin Avenue, 61, Barnaul 656049 Russia. & Tomsk State University, 36 Lenin Ave., Tomsk, 634050, Russia. E-mail: dyachkov 793 @ mail. ru; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9256 - 9306 Author Ali Al-Yacoub, Ghassan A. Department of Biology, College of Education for Pure Sciences, University of Thi-Qar, Thi-Qar, 64001, Iraq. E-mail: ghassanadnan. bio @ utq. edu. iq; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4931 - 855 X Author Mohammed Al-Khazali, Azhar M. Department of sciences, College of Basic Education, University of Sumer, Thi-Qar, Iraq. E-mail: azhararach @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7268 - 696 X text Ecologica Montenegrina 2023 2023-06-29 63 59 78 http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.63.6 journal article 10.37828/em.2023.63.6 2336-9744 13246159 Thereuonema microstoma (Meinert, 1886) Type locality: [ India ] “ 70 miles from Amballa; Koolloo” ( Meinert 1886) . Scutigera microstoma Meinert 1886: 173 . Thereuonema turkestana hamrinensis Brolemann 1922: 60 . Thereuonema turkestana hamrinensis Würmli 1975: 194 . Thereuonema syriaca Würmli 1975: 194 . Thereuonema microstoma Stoev & Geoffroy 2004: 5 ; Zarei et al . 2020: 143 . Material. 1 ♂ (ASU No. 419), Iraq , DO, Chiaye- Dairy Mt. Range , southern slope, 5 km E from Besviri Village , 17 km E from Zakho City , N37°11'12" , E42°54'55" , dry stony maquis shrubland, 760–820 m , 26.IV.2017 , coll. AF ; 3 ♂♂ ( US ), TQ, Qalat Suker district , Aljdoua village , N31°50'51" , E46°02'35" , agricultural land, under dry mud piles, 21.I.2020 , coll. AK . Previous records. Wasit Province : [WA1] (as T . turkestana hamrinensis ; Brolemann 1922 ). Distribution. From Northeastern Africa to India ( Stoev & Geoffroy 2004 ). Remarks. T . turkestana hamrinensis was synonymized under T . microstoma by Würmli (1975) . Unidentified forms Remarks. Some taxa were not identified. These taxa are not specified in the general list of the species because these specimens can belong to another (mentioned in the general list) species.