@article {920, title = {New records of lithobiid centipedes from Siberia, Russia (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae)}, journal = {Arthropoda Selecta}, volume = {29}, year = {2020}, month = {19/06/2020}, pages = {185-198}, abstract = {

Abstract: Based on new material and previously unstudied collections, the distributions of 13 lithobiid species from Siberia have been refined. The subgenus Chinobius Matic, 1973 and two species, Lithobius (Ch.) opinatus (Zalesskaja, 1978) and L. (Ezembius) giganteus Sseliwanoff, 1881, are reported from western Siberia for the first time. Some species, L. (E.) giganteus Sseliwanoff, 1881, L. (Monotarsobius) fugax Stuxberg, 1876 and L. (M.) nordenskioeldii Stuxberg, 1876, are new to the Republic of Altai. The first data on the lithobiid fauna of the Republic of Khakassia, encompassing 5 species, are provided: L. (Ch.) opinatus (Zalesskaja, 1978), L. (E.) princeps Stuxberg, 1876, L. (M.) curtipes C.L. Koch, 1847, L. (M.) fugax Stuxberg, 1876 and L. (M.) worogowensis Eason, 1976. The distributions of all species encountered are mapped for the first time in the Siberian region.

РЕЗЮМЕ. По результатам обработки нового материала и необработанных ранее коллекций уточнено распространение в Сибири 13 видов многоножек-костянок. Подрод Chinobius Matic, 1973 и два вида, Lithobius (Ch.) opinatus (Zalesskaja, 1978) и L. (Ezembius) giganteus Sseliwanoff, 1881,\  формально впервые указываются для Западной Сибири. Виды L. (E.) giganteus Sseliwanoff, 1881, L. (Monotarsobius) fugax Stuxberg, 1876 и L. (M.) nordenskioeldii Stuxberg, 1876 являются новыми для Республики Алтай. Приводятся первые данные по фауне костянок Республики Хакасия, включающей 5 видов: L. (Ch.) opinatus (Zalesskaja, 1978), L. (E.) princeps Stuxberg, 1876, L. (M.) curtipes C.L. Koch, 1847, L. (M.) fugax Stuxberg, 1876 и L. (M.) worogowensis Eason, 1976.\  Для всех видов впервые выполнено картирование ареалов в пределах Сибири.

}, keywords = {Chinobius, Ezembius, fauna, lithobiid centipedes, Lithobiidae, Lithobius, Monotarsobius, new records, Russia, Siberia, многоножки-костянки, новыенаходки, Россия, Сибирь, фауна}, issn = {0136-006X}, doi = {10.15298/arthsel.29.2.03}, url = {https://kmkjournals.com/journals/AS/AS_Index_Volumes/AS_29/AS_29_2_185_198}, author = {Nefediev, Pavel S. and Farzalieva, Gyulli Sh.} } @article {421, title = {Phylogeny of Lithobiidae Newport, 1844, with emphasis on the megadiverse genus Lithobius Leach, 1814 (Myriapoda, Chilopoda)}, journal = {Cladistics}, year = {2020}, month = {04/11/2020}, pages = {1-23}, abstract = {

Phylogenetic analyses based on molecular and morphological data were conducted to shed light on relationships within the mostly Palaearctic/Oriental centipede family Lithobiidae, with a particular focus on the Palaearctic genus Lithobius Leach, 1814 (Lithobiidae, Lithobiomorpha), which contains \>500 species and subspecies. Previous studies based on morphological data resolved Lithobius as nonmonophyletic, but molecular-based phylogenetic analyses have until now sampled few species. To elucidate species inter-relationships of the genus, test the validity of its classification into subgenera, and infer its relationships with other Lithobiidae, we obtained molecular data (nuclear markers: 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA; mitochondrial markers: 16S rRNA, COI) and 61 morphological characters for 44 species of Lithobius representing four of its eight subgenera and nine other representatives of Lithobiidae. The data were analyzed phylogenetically using maximum-likelihood, parsimony and Bayesian inference. This study suggests that (i) a close relationship between L. giganteus and the pterygotergine Disphaerobius loricatus highlighted in recent morphological analyses is also strongly supported by molecular data, and Pterygoterginae is formally synonymized with Lithobiinae; (ii) the Oriental/Australian genus Australobius is consistently resolved as sister group to all other sampled Lithobiidae by the molecular and combined data; (iii) the subfamily Ethopolyinae may be paraphyletic; (iv) the genus Lithobius is nonmonophyletic; (v) the subgenera Lithobius, Sigibius and Monotarsobius are nonmonophyletic and should not be used in future taxonomic studies; and (vi) there are instances of cryptic species and cases in which subspecies should be elevated to full species status, as identified for some European taxa within Lithobius.

}, issn = {0748-3007}, doi = {10.1111/cla.12431}, url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cla.12431}, author = {Ganske, Anne-Sarah and Vahtera, Varpu and D{\'a}nyi, L{\'a}szl{\'o} and Edgecombe, Gregory D. and Akkari, Nesrine} } @article {396, title = {Two new species of centipedes, Lithobius keelungensis sp. nov. and Lithobius (Monotarsobius) qingquanensis sp. nov., from Taiwan (Chilopoda, Lithobiomorpha, Lithobiidae)}, journal = {Opuscula Zoologica}, volume = {51}, year = {2020}, month = {07/08/2020}, pages = {47-56}, abstract = {

Male secondary sexual characters are diverse in Taiwanese Lithobius. We describe two new species with their male secondary sexual characters, Lithobius (Ezembius) keelungensis sp. nov. and Lithobius (Monotarsobius) qingquanensis sp. nov.. In L. (E.) keelungensis, male 14\–15th femora and tibiae are markedly thick, the femora have a deep furrow on each dorsal surfaces, and the tibiae are oval, with a wide shallow excavation on each dorsal surfaces. In L. (M.) qingquanensis, a small wart-like outgrowth bearing about 15 slightly curved setae is present on the dorsoposterior surface of the male 15th femur.

}, keywords = {Keelung, male secondary sexual character, Taxonomy}, issn = {0237-5419}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.18348/opzool.2020.S2.47}, url = {http://opuscula.elte.hu/PDF/Tomus51_S2/Op_Chao_\%20et_al_Taiwan.pdf}, author = {Chao, Jui-Lung and Lee, Kwen-Shen and Chang, Hsueh-Wen} } @article {243, title = {The first records of lithobiid centipedes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae) from the Kemerovo Area, southwestern Siberia, Russia}, journal = {Invertebrate Zoology}, volume = {17}, year = {2020}, month = {30/03/2020}, pages = {36-43}, abstract = {

Based on a small material from the Kemerovo Area, SW Siberia, Russia, the first data on the lithobiid centipede fauna are given from there. Six lithobiid species have been revealed: Lithobius (Ezembius) ostiacorum Stuxberg, 1876, L. (E.) proximus Sseliwanoff, 1880, L. (E.) sibiricus Gerstfeldt, 1859, L. (Monotarsobius) crassipes L. Koch, 1862, L. (M.) curtipes C.L. Koch, 1847 and L. (M.) fugax Stuxberg, 1876. Moreover, the genus Lithobius Leach, 1814 and two subgenera, Ezembius Chamberlin, 1919 and Monotarsobius Verhoeff, 1905, and the family Lithobiidae they belong to, are new to the Kemerovo Area as well. The distributions of all species encountered in the study region are mapped.

}, keywords = {fauna, Kemerovo Area, lithobiomorph centipedes, new records, Russia, Siberia}, issn = {1812-9250}, doi = {10.15298/invertzool.17.1.04}, url = {https://kmkjournals.com/journals/Inv_Zool/IZ_Index_Volumes/IZ_17/IZ_17_1_036_043}, author = {Nefediev, Pavel S. and Farzalieva, Gyulli Sh. and Tuf, Ivan Hadri{\'a}n and Efimov, Dmitri A.} }