New data on the family Himantariidae Bollman, 1893 (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha) from Kazakhstan Author Dyachkov, Yurii V. text Ecologica Montenegrina 2020 2020-02-29 28 61 66 https://www.biotaxa.org/em/article/view/em.2020.28.10 journal article 10.37828/10.37828/em.2020.28.10 2336-9744 12808110 Bothriogaster signata ( Kessler, 1874 ) Figs 1–7 . Material . South Kazakhstan Region , Karatau Mt Range : 14 ♂ , 5 ♀ ( ASU No 77), 10 km SW Abay Village , Karatau State Nature Reserve , grasses and tulip steppe, under stones, N43°47'04.2" , E68°46'42.0" , 1020 m a.s.l. , 06–07. V .2017, coll. YD; 2 ♂ , 4 ♀ ( HNHM chilo-7677), Syrdarya-Turkestan Natural Park , near Terekty Village , bottom-land of Boralday River , under stones, N42°51'48.2" , E69°51'55.0" , 529 m a.s.l. , 14–15. V .2017, coll. YD; 1 ♂ , 2 ♀ ( PSU ), 7 km NE Boralday , 11–13. V .2010, KT; 2 ♂ , 1 ♀ , 2 juv. ( PSU ), Talap Pass , Betula , 05. V .2010, coll. AI; 1 ♀ ( PSU ), Besaryk River bank, N43°49'34.5" , E67°51'26.7" , 446 m a.s.l. , 05. V .2010, coll. AI; 1 ♀ ( HNHM chilo-7675), 64 km SW Arys Town , Beltau Mts , steppe, under stones, N41°50'09.9" , E68°32'15.4" , 392 m a.s.l. , 08–09. VI .2017, coll. YD; 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ , 1 juv. ( HNHM chilo-7678), steppe, grasses, under stones, N41°50'28.5" , E68°32'30.3" , 392 m a.s.l. , 12– 13. V .2017, coll. YD; 2 ♂ , 5 ♀ , 1 juv. ( ZMMU Rc 7725), near Arys Town , Artemisia steppe, in fissures, 24.IV–05. V .1988, coll. DL; 1 ♂ , 3 ♀ , 1 juv. ( HNHM chilo-7676), 50 km NW Achisay Village , Kyzylkol Lake shore, in loam stones, N43°46'34.0" , E69°30'36.4" , 328 m a.s.l. , 08–09. V .2017, coll. YD; 1 ♀ ( ZMMU Rc 7726), same Region , near Dzhilga Village , chalky quarry, under stones, coll. DL ; 3 ♂ , 5 ♀ ( ASU No 78) , Almaty Region , Jambyl District , 15 km NNW Karabastau Village , Tyrnakty , stony mountain steppe, under stones, N43°53' , E75°30' , 850–950 m a.s.l. , 20–22.IV.2016 , coll. AF. Description . Body length 70–145 mm ; males with 113–115 leg-bearing segments, females with 111, 119–125, 129–131 ones. Labrum ( Fig. 3 ) has numerous small denticles. Maxillary complex: telopodites of the first maxillae longer than the coxal projections; lappets of both coxosternite and telopodites absent. The second maxillae: coxosternite entire, its anterior margin slightly convex in the middle (arrow in Fig. 4 ). Forcipular coxosternite without denticles, chitin-lines reaching the condyles. Tarsungula, when closed, not reaching the anterior margin of the head ( Fig. 2 ). Metasternites have pore-fields, large in anterior part of body and smaller in posterior part; two penultimate metasternites also have large pore-fields. Well-developed sternobothria accompanied by lateral gutters ( Fig. 5 ) located mostly on 37–47 metasternites in male and on 40–53 metasternites in female. Ultimate metasternite wide, trapeziform with central longitudinal depression ( Fig. 6 ). Coxal pores opening on ventral and dorsal sides in 2 groups ( Figs 6, 7 ). Ultimate legs without pretarsus, swollen in male. Distribution . Balkan Peninsula, Cyprus , N Africa, Russia ( Volgograd Region ), Western Asia, Central Asia ( Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , Tajikistan , Kazakhstan ) ( Kessler 1874 ; Sseliwanoff 1881 ; Attems 1904 ; Lignau 1929a ; Verhoeff 1930 ; Zapparoli 1991 ; Stoev 2000 ; Volkova 2016 ). Kazakhstan : Almaty (« Almaty ») ( Dobroruka 1979 ) and South Kazakhstan regions (new). Remarks . The specimens studied agree well with the descriptions by Kessler (1874) , Attems (1929) , Lignau (1929a) , Chalande and Ribaut (1909) . This species is new to the fauna of the South Kazakhstan Region .