Lithobius (Ezembius) giganteus Sseliwanoff, 1881

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 : 168-169

19. Lithobius (Ezembius) giganteus Sseliwanoff, 1881

Type locality: [ Mongolia, Zavkhan Aimag, Otgon District, Buinty-Gol River (ca. N47°14', E97°38'), Khudzhirta place] “Changai, Ort Chudschirt südlich von der Stadt Uljassutai; ... Fluss Buintu-gol” ( Sseliwanoff 1881a) and “Urochische Hudzhirta, k yugu ot g. Ulyasutaya, reka Buynty-Gol” ( Sseliwanoff 1881b).

Lithobius giganteus Sseliwanoff, 1881a: 15 (12 specimens); 1881b: 3 (12 specimens: ♂ ♀).

Lithobius giganteus — Attems, 1904: 115; Lignau, 1929a: 170 (55 specimens: ♂ ♀); Dobroruka, 1960: 15 (5 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀, 1 juv. ♀); 1970: 94; 1979: 163 (8 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀); Zalesskaja, 1978: 130 (♂ ♀).

Lithobius (Ezembius) giganteus — Eason, 1986a: 190; 1986b: 49, 58; 1997: 117 (24 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀); Ma et al., 2014: 341 ; Nefediev & Farzalieva, 2020: 186–187 (2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀), Fig. 1 .

Lithobius alaicus Trotzina, 1894: 250 .

Lithobius alaicus — Zalesskaja, 1978: 130.

Lithobius cacodontus Attems, 1904: 116 (♂ ♀).

Lithobius cacodontus — Zalesskaja, 1978: 132; Eason, 1986a: 183 (♂ ♀); Stagl & Zapparoli, 2006: 7 (1 ♂, 1 ♀).

Lithobius jugorum Attems, 1904: 117 (♂ ♀).

Lithobius jugorum — Zalesskaja, 1978: 144; Eason, 1986a: 185 (♂ ♀).

Lithobius (Porobius?) mongolicus Verhoeff, 1934: 34 (♀).

Lithobius (Porobius ?) mongolicus — Eason, 1986a: 187 (♀).

Paobius jangtseanus Loksa, 1965: 213 (41 ♂♂, 23 ♀♀, 2 juv.) (non Paobius jangtseanus ( Verhoeff, 1942)) .

Paobius jangtseanus — Eason, 1986a: 191.

Previous records. Kyrgyzstan: Issyk-Kul Region—Terskey Ala-Too Mt. Range, Ara-Bel Pass [Kg1], “TocorPass” [Kg2*], Karakol Town [Kg3], “Aksu-Thal” [Kg4], “Etschkeli-Tasch” [Kg5], “Kuru-Sai” [Kg6*], “OttukTasch” [Kg7*], “Ton” [Kg9*], Kakshaal Too Mt. Range, “Sary-bel” [Kg10*], Dzhetim Mt. Range, “KurmentýPass” [Kg13*], bank of Issyk-Kul Lake, Chichkan and Ak-Terek rivers [Kg11, Kg12], Naryn Region—Naryn-Tau Mts, Kybergenty Pass [Kg14], Archaly Pass [Kg15] ( Attems 1904; Lignau 1929a), Jalal-Abad Region—Fergana Mt. Range, “Baubash-Ata Mts” [Kg17a, Kg17b], Alash-Tau Mts [Kg18a*] ( Eason 1997), Chuy Region—Susamyr Valley [Kg20], Talasskii Alatau Mts, S of Pass Alabel [Kg21], Kyrgyz Ala-Too Mt. Range, Ala Archa [Kg22] ( Dobroruka 1979; Eason 1997), Osh Region —Kichik-Alai Mts [Kg23], N of Alai Mt. Range [Kg24*] ( Trotzina 1894; Eason 1997), Border of Naryn and Issyk-Kul Regions—Naryn-Tau Mts, “Karakol” [Kg26*] ( Attems 1904); uncertain locality—“Gletschern Baiter” [Kg31*] ( Lignau 1929a).

Habitat records. Woodlands: Juglans regia and Crataegus on 1200–1550 m, Juglans regia on 1400 m, Betula on 1850 m, Salix on 2300 m; Betula plantation on 2400 m; meadows and Juniperus wood on 2400–3000 m; Juniperus stand on 2400–2850 m; scrub on 1800–1900 m; under stones by river bank on 2400 m; in snow melt on 3000 m; unknown habitats on 1250–1550 and 2900 m ( Eason 1997); from above than 3000 m ( Zalesskaja 1978), unknown habitat on ca. 3330 m ( Trotzina 1894).

Remarks. Widely distributed in Asia, also known from Afghanistan ( Eason 1986b), Mongolia ( Loksa 1965; Zalesskaja 1978; Poloczek et al. 2016; Dyachkov 2017c), N China ( Ma et al. 2014), W and E Siberia ( Russia, Republic of Altai and Republic of Buryatia) ( Zalesskaja 1978; Nefediev & Farzalieva 2020). Specimens from Central China published as Paobius jangtseanus by Verhoeff (1942) (now Hessebius jangtseanus ( Verhoeff, 1942)) ( Pei et al. 2010) and specimens from Mongolia ( Eason 1986a; Pei et al. 2010; Ma et al. 2014) published as P. jangtseanus by Loksa (1965) (now synonym of Lithobius giganteus ) may belong to different species.

Figures

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