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
.