New records of millipedes (Diplopoda) from the Karachay- Cherkess Republic, northern Caucasus, Russia

Abstract

New, often illustrated records are provided for 19 species of millipedes from the Karachay- Cherkess Republic, Russia’s Caucasus. A checklist of all diplopod species presently known to occur in the republic is given: 31 species, 17 genera, nine families and fi ve orders. Eight species are recorded from the republic for the fi rst time: Polydesmus complanatus (Linnaeus, 1761) (also new to the entire Caucasian fauna), Nopoiulus kochii (Gervais, 1847), Nemasoma caucasicum (Lohmander, 1932), Cylindroiulus arborum Verhoeff, 1928, Omobrachyiulus caucasicus (Karsch, 1881), O. curvocaudatus (Lignau, 1903), O. implicitus (Lohmander, 1936) and O. zuevi Vagalinski, 2021. The fauna of the republic is dominated by endemics and subendemics of the Caucasus.