The history of the studies and preliminary data on Chilopoda from the maritime province, Russian Far East

History of the study and list of the Chilopoda species from the Maritime Province are provided. The first data on the centipede fauna of the Maritime Province were published in the end of 19th century, more active research was started from the second half of 20th century. To date, the fauna under consideration consists of 31 species from 12 genera, 7 families, and 4 orders. Seven species, namely Agnostrup striganovae (Titova, 1975), Arrup mamaevi (Titova, 1975), Escaryus dentatus Titova, 1973, E. krivolutskiji Titova, 1973, E. polygonatus Titova, 1973, Lithobius fissuratus Attems, 1934, and L. kurchevae (Zalesskaja, 1978), are known from the Maritime Province only. Taxonomic status of the following species requires revision: Arctogeophilus sachalinus Verhoeff, 1934, Geophilus sounkyoensis Takakuwa, 1937, Strigamia hirsutipes (Attems, 1927), S. cf. transsilvanica (Verhoeff, 1928), Arrup mamaevi, Escaryus dentatus, E. krivolutskiji, E. perelae Titova, 1973, E. polygonatus, E. sibiricus Cook, 1899, Lamyctes pachypes Takakuwa, 1941, Lithobius aberantus (Matic, 1973), L. orientalis (Sseliwanoff, 1878), L. sachalinus Verhoeff, 1937, L. brandtii Sseliwanoff, 1881, L. fissuratus, L. kurchevae, and L. nihamensis (Murakami, 1960). It should be recognized, the centipede fauna of the Maritime Province is still insufficiently studied.