Sorex pulchellus Lichtenstein, 1823
Lichtenstein, H. (1823) In: Eversmann, Reise von Orenburg nach Bokhara, Berlin, p. 124.
Valid name: Diplomesodon pulchellum (Lichtenstein, 1823) Holotype: ZMB 680, skin and skull. Collected by Eversmann from the Aral Sea, Kyrgistan on 0 1 May 1821.