A taxonomic key for nine first record species of Chilopoda-Arthropoda in Central Iraq

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:2020
Authors:M. L. Al-Doori, Azooz, H. W., Al-Door, N. L.
Journal:Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera
Volume:51
Issue:2
Pagination:608-614
Date Published:15/05/2020
ISSN:0022-4324
Keywords:Choneiulus, Julidae, millipedes, Polydesmidae, Polydesmus
Abstract:

This study aimed to classified some species of Chilopoda which is the first record in Iraq. The samples collected from April 2018 to March 2019, in some areas of central of Iraq, which are: Baghdad, Anbar, Babylon, Diyala and Qadisiyah. We found nine species from 183 numbers of samples. The species we recorded for a first time in Iraq are: Scolopendra amazonica, S. afer, Cormocephalus nigrificatus, Cryptops anomalans, Geophilus flavus, Haplophilus souletinus, Lithobius microps, Lamyctes emarginatus and Scutigera coleoptrata. The species were supported by photos, then the samples where stored in Iraq Natural History Research center and Museum.

Remark: Keywords are wrong and were not added. The printed keywords belong to the subsequent article (by the same authors) in the issue.

URL:https://www.lepidopteraresearchfoundation.org/abstract.php?id=210
DOI:10.36872/LEPI/V51I2/301119
Short Title:LEPI
Citation Key:997
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