Based on fresh collections in the Omsk Area, southwestern Siberia, the first list of myriapod species is given which comprises at least 7 species from 4 genera, 3 families, 3 orders (Julida, Geophilomorpha and Lithobiomorpha) and two classes (Diplopoda and Chilopoda). The millipede genus Brachyiulus Berlese, 1884), the species B. jawlowskii Lohmander, 1928, and the family Julidae, the centipede genus Geophilus Leach, 1814, the species G. proximus C.L. Koch, 1847, and the family Geophilidae are reported from the Omsk Area for the first time. New records are also presented of the following Lithobiidae centipedes from the Omsk Area: the genera
In this study we report the endemic Altai species, Eisenia tracta, for the first time. The ancestral region of this species are non-moral forests of Kazakhstan. The species lives in the key habitats of rare and protected species in the region: waterlogged tall grass forests located on slopes or in gullies, is rare and needs protection.
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