Australobius magnus
Creators: name: Dyachkov, Yurii V.
name: Farzalieva, Gyulli Sh.
name: Tuf, Ivan H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Chilopoda
Lithobiomorpha
Lithobiidae
Australobius
Australobius magnus

description: 5. Australobius magnus (Trotzina, 1894)
Terra typica: [Kyrgyzstan] Nördlichen Alai, 3330 m [N part of Alai Mt. Range—Kg24*] (Trotzina 1894).
Lithobius devertens Trotzina, 1894: 248 (♂ ♀).
Lithobius devertens — Attems, 1904: 114.
Lithobius magnus Trotzina, 1894: 249 (1 ♀).
Lithobius magnus var. pleodonta Attems, 1904: 118 (♂ ♀).
Lithobius magnus var. pleodonta — Lignau, 1929a: 172.
Lithobius magnus — Attems, 1904: 115, 118 (♂ ♀); Lignau, 1929a: 172 (3 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀); Zalesskaja, 1978: 142.
Australobius magnus — Eason, 1997: 120 (6 ♂♂, 13 ♀♀, 2 juv. ♂, 3 juv. ♀♀); Dyachkov, 2017a: 441–442, Figs 1–4; 2019: 11 (4 ♂♂, 2 juv.); 2020: 81 (2 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀).
Australobius daamsae Eason, 1989: 368 (2 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀).
Australobius daamsae — Eason, 1997: 120.
Previous records. Kazakhstan: Almaty Region —Trans-Ili Alatau Mt. Range, Left Talgar [Kz9, Kz9a] and Bolshaya Almatinka [Kz14] river valleys (Eason 1997; Dyachkov 2017a, 2019), Küngöy Ala-Too Mt. Range, between Kolsay-1 and Kolsay-2 lakes [Kz17], Ketmen Mts [Kz19] (Dyachkov 2017a, 2019), Jambyl Region—Kyrgyz Ala-Too Mt. Range, Merke [Kz62] and Dzhyndybay [Kz63] river valleys. Kyrgyzstan: Issyk-Kul Region—Terskey Ala-Too Mt. Range, Karakol town [Kg3], “Aksu-Thal” [Kg4], near Issik-Kul Lake [Kg27*], Osh Region —Kichik-Alai Mts [Kg23], Alai Mt. Range [Kg24*]; uncertain localities—Kyrgyz Ala-Too Mt. Range, “Tyuz-Ash” Pass [Kg28*] (Trotzina 1894; Attems 1904; Zalesskaja 1978; Eason 1997). Tajikistan: “W Tajikistan ” (Zalesskaja 1978), Khatlon Region —Dzhilantau Mt. Range, vicinity of Kuybulyon Village [Tj6], Districts of Republican Subordination— Ghissar Mt. Range, Poyonob [Tj10], and Romit [Tj11] villages, Obikandak River Valley [Tj12, Tj13] (Dyachkov 2020).
Habitat records. Dry stony shiblyak shrubland with rocks on 970–1200; wet stony shiblyak shrubland with rocks on 1200–1850 m; stony meadow with rocks on 1250–1540 m; stony river bank with part of stony steppe on 1250 m; forest on 1180 and 1870 m; Pícea forests on 1870 and 2680 m; Picea schrenkiana woodland with grassy meadows on 2300–2500 m; sparse Juniperus woodland on 2400 m; Juniperus stand on 2400–2850 m; mountain steppe with rocks and Juniperius on 2300–2500 m; mountain steppe; under stones by river bank on 2400 m (Eason 1997; Dyachkov 2017a, 2019, 2020); ca. 3330 m (Trotzina 1894); “eurybiontic, dwells in a litter of forests, as well as deep in the soil (to 60 cm) on agricultural soils” (Zalesskaja 1978).
Remarks. Also known from China (Karakorum) (Eason 1997; Ma et al. 2014) and E Nepal (Eason 1989, 1997). The record from Caucasus (Georgia; as Lithobius devertens) (Attems 1907: 6) is doubtful (Zalesskaja 1978: 144).
description: Published as part of Dyachkov, Yurii V., Farzalieva, Gyulli Sh. & Tuf, Ivan H., 2022, An annotated checklist of centipedes (Chilopoda) of Middle Asian countries, part 1. Lithobiomorpha, pp. 151-188 in Zootaxa 5100 (2) on page 163, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5100.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6145261