Escaryus hirsutus Titova 1973 *

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28. Escaryus hirsutus Titova 1973 *

Escaryus hirsutus Titova 1973: 96.

Escaryus hirsutus - Molodova 1973: 67; Kurcheva 1977: 45; Ganin 1997: 134.

Type locality.

Russia: Sakhalin oblast: "O-v Sakhalin, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, gora Chekhova" ( Titova 1973) = Chekhova Mt., near Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk city, ca 47°00'N, 142°50'E.

Type series.

Holotype: female. Paratypes: 10 specimens, including 5 males and 5 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 ≥ 2.5 cm; clypeus with large plagulae; labral arc relatively deep, with denticles long and obtuse; first maxillae with one pair of lappets; all forcipular articles with large bulges; 37-39 leg-bearing segments; metasternites with relatively dense setae; metasternite of the ultimate leg-bearing segment almost rectangular, ~ 1.5 × as long as wide; coxal pores on both ventral and lateral sides of coxopleura; anal pores present.

Distribution.

Far East: Sakhalin oblast (Sakhalin Isl.) ( Titova 1973; Molodova 1973; Kurcheva 1977; Ganin 1997). Outside Asian Russia: no records.