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The centipede fauna of the Urals and Cis-Ural Area includes 11 species of 4 genera. Two new species, Lithobius ruderalus Farzalieva and L. kozminykhi Farzalieva, are described. The species status of the damaged specimen of Hessebius was not determined. A new combination, Lithobius steppicus (Farzalieva et Zalesskaja, 2003) (of Monotarsobius), is proposed. Other species have been redescribed and illustrated. Reasons for a high endemism of the regional centipede fauna are discussed. The diversity of local faunas is relatively high in southern zones (5–7 species). The number of species decreases down to two in the middle taiga and mountains. Only one species, Lithobius curtipes, penetrates into the forest-steppe and tundra.
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Original Russian Text © G.Sh. Farzalieva, S.L. Esyunin, 2008, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2008, Vol. 87, No. 8, pp. 923–947.
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Farzalieva, G.S., Esyunin, S.L. A review of the centipede (Lithobiomorpha, Henicopidae, Lithobiidae) fauna of the Urals and Cis-Ural Area. Entmol. Rev. 88, 598–623 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873808050102
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