Lithobius ferganensis (Trotzina, 1894)

Kiria, Eleonora, Barjadze, Shalva & Tuf, Ivan Hadrian, 2023, Checklist of Georgian centipedes (Myriapoda: Chilopoda), Caucasiana 2, pp. 177-188 : 177

17. Lithobius ferganensis (Trotzina, 1894)

Distribution in Georgia.

Abkhazia • Akhali Atoni (=Novy Afon) (4) ( Zalesskaja 1972). • Akhalsheni (6) ( Zalesskaja 1972). Adjara • Batumi (12) ( Dobroruka 1958; Zalesskaja 1972; Zalesskaja 1978 as Monotarsobius nodonotatus Verhoeff, 1943). • Mtsvane Kontskhi (16) ( Zalesskaja 1972). Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti • Kevselta (38) ( Dyachkov and Zuev 2023 as Lithobius monotarsobius sseliwanoffi Garbowski, 1897). Samtskhe-Javakheti • Borjomi National Park (now called as Borjom-Kharagauli National Park, specimens are found in Borjomi territory) (31) ( Zalesskaja 1972). • Bakuriani (35) ( Zalesskaja 1972). Shida Kartli • Kvemo Ermani (41) ( Dyachkov and Zuev 2023 as Lithobius monotarsobius sseliwanoffi Garbowski, 1897). Kvemo Kartli • Kojori (52) ( Zalesskaja 1972). Mtskheta - Mtianeti • Karsani (50) ( Zalesskaja 1972). • Tbilisi (53) ( Zalesskaja 1972). • Georgia, without exact locality ( Zalesskaja and Golovatch 1996 as Monotarsobius sseliwanoffi ; Zalesskaja 1978 as Monotarsobius turkestanicus (Attems, 1904)).

Global distribution.

Armenia, Greece, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Stavropol, Turkey ( Bonato et al. 2016), Azerbaijan ( Bababekova 1996), Georgia ( Dobroruka 1958; Zalesskaja 1972, 1978), Iran ( Zarei et al. 2020).

Note.

In Zalesskaja 1972, for her misidentification, this species was mentioned as Monotarsobius curtipes , according to Zalesskaja´s handwritten correction to Monotarsobius sseliwanoffi in the printed copy in Tuf´s private collection.