21. Lithobius (Ezembius) praeditus Zalesskaja, 1975

Type locality: [Tajikistan, Khatlon Region] Tajikskaya SSR, Yavan [Yovon City, ca. N38°18'52", E69°03'11" —Tj5] (Zalesskaja 1975) .

Lithobius praeditus Zalesskaja, 1975: 1322 (1 ♂, 1 ♀).

Lithobius praeditus — Zalesskaja, 1978: 117.

Lithobius (Ezembius) praeditus — Eason, 1986b: 59.

Previous records. Tajikistan: Khatlon Region —Karatau Mt. Range, Yovon [Tj5], Districts of Republican Subordination— Dushanbe [Tj8]; uncertain locality—“Fayzabad” [Tj19*?] (Zalesskaja 1975); « Tajikistan » (Zalesskaja 1978).

Habitat records. Virgin soil (Zalesskaja 1975); “mostly mountain steppes”, “cultivated and uncultivated soils, 0–20 cm [deep]” (Zalesskaja 1978).

Remarks. Known from Tajikistan only.