Australobius magnus ( Trotzina, 1894 )

Dyachkov, Yurii V., Farzalieva, Gyulli Sh. & Tuf, Ivan H., 2022, An annotated checklist of centipedes (Chilopoda) of Middle Asian countries, part 1. Lithobiomorpha, Zootaxa 5100 (2), pp. 151-188 : 163

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Australobius magnus ( Trotzina, 1894 )
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5. Australobius magnus ( Trotzina, 1894) View in CoL

Terra typica: [ Kyrgyzstan] Nördlichen Alai, 3330 m [N part of Alai Mt. Range—Kg24*] ( Trotzina 1894).

Lithobius devertens Trotzina, 1894: 248 (♂ ♀).

Lithobius devertens — Attems, 1904: 114.

Lithobius magnus Trotzina, 1894: 249 (1 ♀).

Lithobius magnus var. pleodonta Attems, 1904: 118 (♂ ♀).

Lithobius magnus var. pleodonta — Lignau, 1929a: 172.

Lithobius magnus — Attems, 1904: 115, 118 (♂ ♀); Lignau, 1929a: 172 (3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀); Zalesskaja, 1978: 142.

Australobius magnus View in CoL — Eason, 1997: 120 (6 ♂♂, 13 ♀♀, 2 juv. ♂, 3 juv. ♀♀); Dyachkov, 2017a: 441–442, Figs 1–4 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURES 2, 3 View FIGURE 4 ; 2019: 11 (4 ♂♂, 2 juv.); 2020: 81 (2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀).

Australobius daamsae Eason, 1989: 368 View in CoL (2 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀).

Australobius daamsae View in CoL — Eason, 1997: 120.

Previous records. Kazakhstan: Almaty Region —Trans-Ili Alatau Mt. Range, Left Talgar [Kz9, Kz9a] and Bolshaya Almatinka [Kz14] river valleys ( Eason 1997; Dyachkov 2017a, 2019), Küngöy Ala-Too Mt. Range, between Kolsay-1 and Kolsay-2 lakes [Kz17], Ketmen Mts [Kz19] ( Dyachkov 2017a, 2019), Jambyl Region—Kyrgyz Ala-Too Mt. Range, Merke [Kz62] and Dzhyndybay [Kz63] river valleys. Kyrgyzstan: Issyk-Kul Region—Terskey Ala-Too Mt. Range, Karakol town [Kg3], “Aksu-Thal” [Kg4], near Issik-Kul Lake [Kg27*], Osh Region —Kichik-Alai Mts [Kg23], Alai Mt. Range [Kg24*]; uncertain localities—Kyrgyz Ala-Too Mt. Range, “Tyuz-Ash” Pass [Kg28*] ( Trotzina 1894; Attems 1904; Zalesskaja 1978; Eason 1997). Tajikistan: “W Tajikistan ” ( Zalesskaja 1978), Khatlon Region —Dzhilantau Mt. Range, vicinity of Kuybulyon Village [Tj6], Districts of Republican Subordination— Ghissar Mt. Range, Poyonob [Tj10], and Romit [Tj11] villages, Obikandak River Valley [Tj12, Tj13] ( Dyachkov 2020).

Habitat records. Dry stony shiblyak shrubland with rocks on 970–1200; wet stony shiblyak shrubland with rocks on 1200–1850 m; stony meadow with rocks on 1250–1540 m; stony river bank with part of stony steppe on 1250 m; forest on 1180 and 1870 m; Pícea forests on 1870 and 2680 m; Picea schrenkiana woodland with grassy meadows on 2300–2500 m; sparse Juniperus woodland on 2400 m; Juniperus stand on 2400–2850 m; mountain steppe with rocks and Juniperius on 2300–2500 m; mountain steppe; under stones by river bank on 2400 m ( Eason 1997; Dyachkov 2017a, 2019, 2020); ca. 3330 m ( Trotzina 1894); “eurybiontic, dwells in a litter of forests, as well as deep in the soil (to 60 cm) on agricultural soils” ( Zalesskaja 1978).

Remarks. Also known from China (Karakorum) ( Eason 1997; Ma et al. 2014) and E Nepal ( Eason 1989, 1997). The record from Caucasus ( Georgia; as Lithobius devertens ) ( Attems 1907: 6) is doubtful ( Zalesskaja 1978: 144).

Attems, C. (1904) Central - und hoch - asiatische Myriopoden. Gesammelt im Jahre 1900 von Dr. von Almassy und Dr. von Stummer. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, 20, 113 - 130.

Attems, C. (1907) Myriopoden aus der Krim und dem Kaukasus, von Dr. A. Stuxberg gesammelt. Arkiv for Zoologi, 3 (25), 1 - 16.

Dyachkov, Yu. V. (2017 a) New data on Australobius magnus (Trotzina, 1894) (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae) from southern Kazakhstan. Ukrainian Journal of Ecology, 7 (4), 440 - 443. [in Russian with English summary] https: // doi. org / 10.15421 / 2017 _ 139

Dyachkov, Yu. V. (2019) New data on lithobiomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Anopsobiidae, Henicopidae, Lithobiidae) from Kazakhstan. Arthropoda Selecta, 28 (1), 8 - 20. https: // doi. org / 10.15298 / arthsel. 28.1.02

Dyachkov, Yu. V. (2020) New data on the centipede (Chilopoda) fauna from Tajikistan. Ecologica Montenegrina, 36, 78 - 86. https: // doi. org / 10.37828 / em. 2020.36.6

Eason, E. H. (1989) Lithobiidae from the Nepal Himalayas with descriptions of ten new species of Lithobius and Australobius (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha). Zoologische Jahrbucher, Abteilung fur Systematik, 116, 335 - 372.

Eason, E. H. (1997) On some Lithobiomorpha from the mountains of Kirghizia and Kazakhstan (Chilopoda). Arthropoda Selecta, 6 (1 / 2), 117 - 121.

Lignau, N. G. (1929 a) Zur Kenntnis der zentralasiatischen Myriopoden. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 85 (5 / 8), 159 - 175.

Ma, H., Pei, S., Hou, X., Zhu, T., Wu, D. & Gai, Y. (2014) An annotated checklist of Lithobiomorpha of China. Zootaxa, 3847 (3), 333 - 358. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3847.3.2

Trotzina, A. (1894) Vier neue Lithobius - Arten aus Central Asia. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, 28, 247 - 253.

Zalesskaja, N. T. (1978) Identification book of the lithobiomorph centipedes of the USSR (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha). Nauka publ., Moscow, 212 pp. [in Russian]

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FIGURE 1. Diagram showing three main periods in the history of the studies of Middle Asian Lithobiomorpha

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FIGURES 2, 3. Maps showing collecting localities in Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan (2) and in SE Kazakhstan (3).

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FIGURE 4. Maps showing collecting localities in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. Abbreviation: TU—Turkmenistan.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Chilopoda

Order

Lithobiomorpha

Family

Lithobiidae

Genus

Australobius