01671nas a2200241 4500008004100000022001400041245008100055210006900136260001500205300001400220490000700234520090800241653001101149653002001160653001601180653001601196653002501212653003001237100002101267700002801288700003001316856008301346 2020 eng d a0132-806900aTwo interesting records of millipedes (Diplopoda) from near Borjomi, Georgia0 aTwo interesting records of millipedes Diplopoda from near Borjom c30/03/2020 a121–1220 v293 a

Polydesmus abchasius Attems, 1898 and Julus lindholmi Lohmander, 1936, both found recently near Borjomi, central Georgia, currently represent the southeasternmost records of the genera Polydesmus Latreille, 1803, subgenus Polydesmus s.str., and Julus Linnaeus, 1758, and of both these widespread, endemic, Caucasian millipede species.

РЕЗЮМЕ. Polydesmus abchasius Attems, 1898 и Julus lindholmi Lohmander, 1936, недавно найденные близ Боржоми (Центральная Грузия), пока представляют собой самые юго-восточные находки как родов Polydesmus Latreille, 1803, подрод Polydesmus s.str., и Julus Linnaeus, 1758, так и этих широкораспространенных эндемичных кавказских видов диплопод.

10aJulida10aJulus lindholmi10anew records10aPolydesmida10aPolydesmus abchasius10aновые находки1 aKokhia, Mzia, S.1 aEvsyukov, Aleksandr, P.1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich uhttps://kmkjournals.com/journals/REJ/REJ_Index_Volumes/REJ_29/REJ_29_1_121_12201848nas a2200217 4500008004100000022001400041245006700055210006200122260001500184300001000199490000800209520124200217653001201459653001701471653001301488653001001501653001401511100002101525700003001546856005401576 2018 eng d a1313-298900aA checklist of the millipedes of Georgia, Caucasus (Diplopoda)0 achecklist of the millipedes of Georgia Caucasus Diplopoda c07/03/2018 a35-480 v7413 a

The diplopod fauna of Georgia, Transcaucasia, is very rich given the country’s relatively small territory, presently comprising 95 species from 42 genera, 12 families, and seven orders. Most of the Diplopoda known from Georgia are subendemics (39 species, or 38%), shared with one or more neighbouring countries, but another 33 species (33%) are strict endemics, nearly all highly localized, including 12 presumed troglobites. Several genera are likewise endemic to Georgia, including a few troglobionts. Within Georgia, the fauna of the western part (= Colchis) is particularly rich and diverse, the faunas of the central and eastern parts of the country growing increasingly depauperate inland and apparently following a rather gradual climatic aridisation gradient from west (the Black Sea coast) to east (Armenia and Azerbaijan). Much more work to include alpine and cave environments is required in order to reveal and refine the real diversity of Georgia’s Diplopoda.

 

10aColchis10adistribution10aendemism10afauna10aMyriapoda1 aKokhia, Mzia, S.1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich uhttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=2004202593nas a2200217 4500008004100000022001400041245008200055210006900137260001500206300001200221490000800233520197300241653001402214653001202228653001302240653001002253653001402263100002102277700003002298856004702328 2020 eng d a1313-298900aDiversity and distribution of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of Georgia, Caucasus0 aDiversity and distribution of the millipedes Diplopoda of Georgi c28/04/2020 a199-2190 v9303 a

The diplopod fauna of Georgia, Transcaucasia, is very rich given the country’s relatively small territory; it presently comprises 103 species from 44 genera, 12 families, and 7 orders. Most of the Diplopoda known from Georgia (86 species, or 83%) demonstrate Caucasian distribution patterns, 36 and 46 species, as well as 8 and 9 genera being endemic or subendemic to the country, respectively. A single Holarctic family, Anthroleucosomatidae (order Chordeumatida), contains 44 Caucasian species and 20 genera, of which 27 species and 14 genera are endemic or subendemic to Georgia. Likewise, all species from the orders Polyzoniida, Siphonocryptida, Glomerida and Chordeumatida, as well as most species of Julida and Polydesmida are native, also endemic or subendemic to the Caucasus, but the genera and families they represent are widely distributed at least across the Euro-Mediterranean Realm. Most of the presumed troglobionts in the Caucasus appear to be confined to western Georgia’s karst caves (14 species, 5 genera). Within Georgia, the fauna of the western part (= Colchis) is particularly rich and diverse, while that of the central and eastern parts of the country grows increasingly depauperate inland following the gradual climatic aridisation from west (Black Sea coast) to east (Armenia and Azerbaijan). The vertical distribution of the Diplopoda in Georgia, as well as the Caucasus generally, shows the bulk of the fauna restricted to forested lowland to mountain biomes or their remnants. Only very few Chordeumatida and Julus species seem to occur solely in the subalpine to alpine environments and thus may provisionally be considered as high-montane elements. Ongoing and future research on the millipedes of the Caucasus, especially in cave and montane environments, will undoubtedly allow for many more novelties and details of the diversity and distribution of Georgia’s Diplopoda to be revealed or refined.

10achecklist10aColchis10aendemism10afauna10aMyriapoda1 aKokhia, Mzia, S.1 aGolovatch, Sergei, Ilyich uhttps://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/47490/