Dyachkov Yu.V.1, Zuev R.V.2, Temreshev I.I.3,4, Turbanov I.S.5,6 2026. New records of Lithobiomorpha (Chilopoda) from Kazakhstan // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.35. No.2: 162–168 [in English].
1 Altai State University, Lenin Avenue, 61, Barnaul 656049 Russia.
2 North-Caucasus Federal University, Pushkina Str. 1, Stavropol 355017 Russia.
3 LLP “Agro Consult”, Kanysh Satbaev Str., 21, Almaty District, Astana 010010 Republic Kazakhstan.
4 LLP Kazakh Scientific Research Institute of Plant Protection and Quarantine named after Zh. Zhiembayev, Almaty, Republic Kazakhstan.
5 Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok 152742 Russia.
6 T.I. Vyazemsky Karadag Scientific Station – Nature Reserve of the RAS – Branch of A.O. Kovalevsky Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas of RAS, Nauki Str. 24, Theodosia 298188 Russia.
* Corresponding author
Yuri Dyachkov: dyachkov793@mail.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9256-9306
Roman Zuev: romus00@yandex.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9909-6812
Izbasar Temreshev: temreshev76@mail.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0004-4399
Ilya Turbanov: turba13@mail.ru; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9441-2791
doi: 10.15298/arthsel.35.2.03
ABSTRACT. New faunistic records of 18 species of Lithobiomorpha from Kazakhstan are provided. The genera Shikokuobius Shinohara, 1982 and Schizotergitius Verhoeff, 1930, as well as the species Lithobius sibiricus Gerstfeldt, 1858, and L. cf. erythrocephalus C.L. Koch, 1847 are new to the fauna of the country. The following species are new to the faunas of certain administrative regions: Hessebius multicalcaratus Folkmanová, 1958 is new to the fauna of the East Kazakhstan Region; Disphaerobius loricatus (Sseliwanoff, 1881) to the Almaty Region; D. svenhedini (Verhoeff, 1934), both Lithobius crassipes L. Koch, 1862, and L. proximus Sseliwanoff, 1878 to the Abay Region; L. curtipes C.L. Koch, 1847 to the East Kazakhstan, Pavlodar, and Akmola regions; L. forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758) to the Ulytau, Akmola, Zhambyl, and Pavlodar regions; L. lucifugus L. Koch, 1862 to the Aktobe Region; while the genus Hessebius Verhoeff, 1941 to the East Kazakhstan and Mangystau regions.
KEY WORDS: biodiversity, distribution, fauna, new records, Schizotergitius, Shikokuobius.