Scolopendra canidens Newport, 1844

25. Scolopendra canidens Newport, 1844 View in CoL

Scolopendra morsitans multispinosa Daday 1894: 111 .

Scolopendra morsitans multispinosa – Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1991: 4; 1992: 368.

Scolopendra aralocaspia View in CoL – Muralewicz 1907: 338.

Scolopendra canidens View in CoL – Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1992: 368.

Previous records. Erevan City: [1] ( Daday 1894, as S. morsitans multispinosa ), Ararat Province: [9] ( Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1992), and uncertain locality: [?11] ( Muralewicz 1907, as S. aralocaspia View in CoL ).

Distribution. Mostly the Turano-Mediterranean Region ( Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1991, 1992).

Remarks. S. aralocaspia was synonymized under S. canidens by Kraepelin (1903). S. morsitans multispinosa is also junior synonym of S. canidens ( Zalesskaja & Schileyko 1991, 1992).

Conclusions

The published records of Chilopoda from Armenia refer to at least 25 nominal species, arranged in seven genera, five families, and three orders.

Species with the Caucasian distribution pattern (7 species, 28% of the fauna) dominate the fauna of Armenia. Additionally, there are species with Euro-Caucasian (6 species, 24%), as well as Caucasian subendemic, Turano-Mediterranean, and Eastern-Mediterranean distribution patterns (each represented by 2 species, or 8%). Each of the remaining distribution patterns (Cosmopolitan, Trans-Palaearctic, European, Europe-Western Asian, Turano-Euro-Mediterranean, and Western-Middle Asian) is represented by just a single member (each accounting for 4% of the fauna). Seven species are endemic to the Caucasus: Lithobius asper , L. asper laeviceps , L. coloratus , L. cronebergii , L. ferganensis tridens , L. portchinskii , and L. sectilis .

The precise distribution in Armenia is unknown for Pachymerium ferrugineum ( Geophilomorpha ), Hessebius barbipes , Lithobius asper laeviceps , L. turkestanicus ( Lithobiomorpha ), and Cryptops hortensis ( Scolopendromorpha ). Lithobius ferganensis tridens is recorded in an uncertain locality in Armenia.

Bonato et al. (2016) mentioned the presence of Arebius (Pagobius) kochii (Stuxberg, 1875) , Escaryus koreanus Takakuwa, 1937 , Lithobius punctulatus C.L. Koch, 1847 , and Scolopendra subspinipes piceoflava Attems, 1934 in Armenia. However, there is no data on occurrence of these species in this country.

Additional research of Chilopoda from Armenia is still necessary.

Acknowledgments

The author is thankful to R.V. Zuev (Stavropol, Russia), who provided literature. I am grateful to reviewers for critical commenting of the manuscript.

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