Australobius magnus ( Trotzina, 1894 )

Dyachkov, Yu. V., 2019, New data on lithobiomorph centipedes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpa: Anopsobiidae, Henicopidae, Lithobiidae) from KaZakhstan, Arthropoda Selecta 28 (1), pp. 8-20 : 11

Australobius magnus ( Trotzina, 1894)

Map, Figs 8–13 .

Australobius magnus ( Trotzina, 1894) : 248; Zalesskaja, 1978: 142; Eason, 1989: 368; Eason, 1997: 120.

MATERIAL. 1 ♂ ( ASU No. 58), Jambyl Region, Kyrgyz Ala-Too Mt. Range, Merke River Valley, near Esenkulsay River estuary, forest, N42°43′56″, E73°13′33″, 1180 m a.s.l., 15.VIII.2017, AF, YD; 2 ♂♂, 2 juv. ( ASU No. 59), Almaty Region, Küngöy Ala-Too Mt. Range, near an unnamed tributary of Kolsay River , between Kolsay-1 and Kolsay-2 lakes, Pícea forest, under stones, in moss, under dead wood, N42°57′36″, E78°18′45″, 1870 m a.s.l., 21–22.VIII.2017, YD; 1 ♂ ( PSU), same Region, Uygur District, Kyrgyzsay village , mountain steppe, 12.VII.1978.

DISTRIBUTION. This species seems to be widespread in Central Asia: Kazakhstan, northern Tian-Shan (Almaty (Trans-Ili Alatau and Küngöy Ala-Too Mt. ranges) and Jambyl (Kyrgyz Ala-Too Mt. Range) regions), Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan [ Trotzina, 1894; Attems, 1904; Lignau, 1929; Zalesskaja, 1978; Eason, 1997; Dyachkov, 2017a]. In addition, it is known from China [ Ma et al., 2014] and eastern Nepal [ Eason, 1989, 1997]. The record from Georgia, Caucasus (Batumi) [ Attems, 1907] is doubtful [ Zalesskaja, 1978: 144].

REMARKS. Ocelli, clypeus, labrum, maxillary complex, mandible, a wart-shaped process on male 15Ti and female gonopod as in Figs 8–13 .

Figures

Figs 8–13. Australobius magnus (Trotzina, 1894): 8 — clypeus and labrum, ventral view; 9 — maxillary complex, ventral view; 10 — mandible; 11 — ocelli, lateral view; 12 — wart-shape process on male tibia 15, dorsal view; 13 — female gonopod, lateral view. Scale: 8, 9, 11 — 0.5 mm, 10, 13 — 0.25 mm, 12 — 0.12 mm. Рис. 8–13. Australobius magnus (Trotzina, 1894): 8 — клипеус и лабрум, вентрально; 9 — максиллЯрный комплекс, вентрально; 10 — мандибула; 11 — глаЗки, латерально; 12 — бородавкоподобный вырост на 15-й голени самца, дорсально; 13 — гонопод самки, латерально. МасШтаб: 8, 9, 11 — 0,5 мм, 10, 13 — 0,25 мм, 12 — 0,12 мм.