title: An annotated checklist of the Chilopoda and Diplopoda (Myriapoda) of the Abrau Peninsula, northwestern Caucasus, Russia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Abrau Peninsula is located in northwestern Caucasus between the cities of Novorossiysk and Anapa, Krasnodar Province, Russia. This paper contains an annotated checklist of the Chilopoda and Diplopoda inhabiting the Abrau Peninsula.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The fauna of the Abrau Peninsula comprises 17 centipede (4 orders) and 16 millipede (6 orders) species. Henia taurica, hitherto known only from the Crimea, has now been reported from several localities in the studied region. The study also reveals two possibly new millipede species. Statistical analyses showed that habitat preferences of myriapod species within the Abrau Peninsula are caused by species geographic distribution pattern and microbiotope preferences.
authors.affiliation: A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninsky prospekt, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Daniil I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Korobushkin
authors.affiliation: A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, 33 Leninsky prospekt, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Irina I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Semenyuk
authors.affiliation: Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 27 Slechtitelu, Olomouc, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Ivan H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Tuf
keywords: Myriapoda; Utrish Nature Reserve; soil fauna; taxonomy