Evsyukov A.P.1, Golovatch S.I.2 2013. Millipedes (Diplopoda) from the Rostov-on-Don Region, southern Russia // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.22. No.3: 207–215 [in English].
1 Lyceum No. 1 “Classical”, Balakireva Str. 32, Rostov-on-Don 344004 Russia.
2 Institute for Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 33, Moscow 119071 Russia.
KEY WORDS: Diplopoda, faunistics, Rostov-on-Don Region, southern Russia.
ABSTRACT. The millipede fauna of the Rostov-on-Don Region is reviewed and shown to comprise at least 17 species, eleven of which are new to the regional list, including five new to the fauna of Russia: Lophoproctus lucidus (Chalande, 1888), Strongylosoma jaqueti Verhoeff, 1898, Polydesmus stuxbergi Attems, 1907, Brachydesmus jubatus Attems, 1907 and Megaphyllum transsylvanicum (Verhoeff, 1897). Faunistic records of all of the species in the Region are presented and mapped.