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 Bothriogaster signata ( Kessler, 1874 ) Type locality: [ Uzbekistan ] “ Samarkand ” ( Kessler 1874 ) . Bothriogaster signata Kessler 1874: 41 . Bothriogaster signata georgica Brölemann 1922: 54 . Bothriogaster signata graeca Attems 1929: 49 ; Dobroruka 1976: 259 . Bothriogaster egyptiaca Chamberlin 1944: 185 ; 1958: 1 . Bothriogaster affinis graeca Chamberlin 1958: 1 . Bothriogaster affinis megalocycla Chamberlin 1958: 1 . Haplophilus souletinus Al-Doori et al . 2020: 603–604 . Bothriogaster signata Lewis 1996: 147 ; Dyachkov 2020a: 62 ; 2020c: 80 ; 2022b: 72; Dyachkov et al . 2022b: 74 . Material . 1 ♀ (ASU No. 71), Iraq , DO, S slope of Chiaye- Dairy Mt. Range , 17 E Zakho city, N37°11'12" , E42°54'55" , dry stony maquis shrubland, 760–820 m , 24.IV.2017 , coll. AF ; 1 ♂ , 1 ♀ (ASU No. 72), N slope of Chiaje-Spizakho-Dag Mt. Range , Rogarm River Valley , 17 km SE Zakho city, N37°02'59" , E42°52'05" , stony maquis shrubland, 500–600 m , 28.IV.2017 , coll. AF ; 2 ♀♀ ( US ), ER, Khalifan district , on the left side of the middle of the main road running to Shaglawa district (closer to Khalifan), N36°35'59" , E44°22'24" , a mountainous area, mountainside, under small rocks surrounded by weeds, 14.III.2020 , coll. AK . Previous records. Baghdad : [BA1] (as B . signata graeca ; Dobroruka 1976 ), Maysan : [MA1] (as B . signata graeca and B . signata georgica ; Brölemann, 1922 ; Attems 1929 ), Dohuk : [DO1], [DO2], Erbil : [ER3], [ER4] (as B . egyptiaca , B . affinis graeca and B . affinis megalocycla ; Chamberlin 1958 ), Thi-Qar: [ TQ 1] (as B . egyptiaca ; Chamberlin 1944 ), and Diyala : [DI1] (as Haplophilus souletinus ; Al-Doori et al . 2020 ) provinces. Distribution. A Turano-Mediterranean species (Simaiakis et al . 2013; Zarei et al . 2020 ; Dyachkov 2022b). Remarks. According to illustrations by Al-Doori et al . (2020 : Plate 6), specimens identified as Haplophilus souletinus (Brolemann, 1907) belong to B . signata .