Australobius magnus (Trotzina, 1894)

Dyachkov, Yurii V., 2020, New data on the centipede (Chilopoda) fauna from Tajikistan, Ecologica Montenegrina 36, pp. 78-86 : 81

Australobius magnus (Trotzina, 1894)

Material. Tajikistan, Districts of Republican Subordination : 1 ♀ (ASU No. 270), [Vahdat District], right part of Pandema River Valley (left stream tributary of Kafirnigan River ), Poyonob Village , wet stony shiblyak shrubland with rocks, N38°42.302', E69°18.283', 1300–1370 m a.s.l., 22.IV.2019 ; 1 ♀ (ASU No. 271), right part of Kafirnigan River Valley, Romit Village , wet stony shiblyak shrubland with rocks, N38°43.225', E69°18.387', 1200–1850 m a.s.l., 21–22.IV.2019 ; 2 ♀♀ (ASU No. 272), [Roghun District], left side of Obikandak River Valley (left stream tributary of Obigarm River ), stony meadow with rocks, N38°43.275', E69°43.863', 1250–1540 m a.s.l., 23.IV.2019 ; 1 ♂ (ASU No. 274), same river valley, Obigarm Village , stony river bank with part of stony steppe, N38°43.275', E69°43.863', 1250 m a.s.l., 23.IV.2019 ; 1 ♂ (ASU No. 273), Khatlon Region, [Vose District], Dzhilantau Mt. Range , 2 km E Kuybulyon Village, dry stony shiblyak shrubland with rocks, N37°53.970', E69°23.155', 970–1200 m a.s.l., 14.IV.2019 , all coll. AF.

Distribution. This species seems to be widespread in Central Asia: Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China (Karakorum), eastern Nepal ( Zalesskaja 1978; Eason 1997; Ma et al. 2014; Dyachkov 2017, 2019a).

Previous records. “Western part of Tajikistan ” ( Zalesskaja 1978).

Remarks. This species is formally specified for the Khatlon Region and the Districts of Republican Subordination for the first time.