Escaryus vitimicus Titova, 1973 *

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38. Escaryus vitimicus Titova, 1973 *

Escaryus vitimicus Titova 1973: 103.

Escaryus vitimicus - Alekseeva 1974: 8.

Type locality.

Russia: Republic of Buryatia: "r. Vitim, Aniboli" ( Titova 1973) =? Anibud river, inflow of Vitim River, ca 53°39'N, 113°53'E.

Type series.

Holotype: female. Paratypes: 3 specimens, including 1 male and 2 females. Deposited in ZMMU (S. Golovatch and A. Schileyko, pers. comm., 13.II.2023 and XII.2023).

Diagnosis.

An Escaryus species with body length reaching ≥ 2.7 cm; clypeus with large plagulae; labral arc relatively shallow, with denticles long and obtuse; first maxillae with one pair of lappets; all forcipular articles with small bulges; 37 leg-bearing segments; metasternites with relatively sparse setae; metasternite of the ultimate leg-bearing segment rectangular, ~ 1.5 × as long as wide; coxal pores on both ventral and lateral sides of coxopleura, the largest pores near the metasternite; anal pores present.

Distribution.

Eastern Siberia: Republic of Buryatia ( Titova 1973; Alekseeva 1974). Outside Asian Russia: no records.

Other records of uncertain species

During ecological studies ( Ghilarov and Perel 1973; Molodova 1973; Kurcheva 1977; Markelov and Mineeva 1981; Ganin 1997) some specimens of Geophilomorpha were not identified at the species level. These records are listed below.

Arctogeophilus sp. - Ghilarov and Perel 1973: 46 (Maritime krai); Markelov and Mineeva 1981: 130 (Maritime krai).

Geophilus sp. - Molodova 1973: 67 (Sakhalin oblast: Sakhalin Isl.); Ganin 1997: 105, 109, 112, 114, 128, 141 (Amur oblast and Khabarovsk krai); Markelov and Mineeva 1981: 130 (Maritime krai).

Pachymerium sp. - Kurcheva 1977: 46 (Khabarovsk and Maritime krais).

Scolioplanes sp. - Ghilarov and Perel 1973: 46 (Maritime krai); Alekseeva 1974: 8 (Republic of Buryatia); Markelov and Mineeva 1981: 130 (Maritime krai).

Strigamia sp. - Markelov and Mineeva 1981: 130 (Maritime krai).

Prolamnonyx sp. - Kurcheva 1977: 46 (Maritime krai and Sakhalin oblast: Kuril Islands).

Escaryus sp. - Markelov and Mineeva 1981: 129 (Maritime krai).