Escaryus chichibuensis Shinohara, 1955 *

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26. Escaryus chichibuensis Shinohara, 1955 *

Escaryus chichibuensis Shinohara 1955: 59.

Escaryus chichibuensis - Titova 1973: 114; Kurcheva 1977: 45.

Type localities.

Japan: Honshu: Saitama Prefecture: "Chichibu (Mt. Kumotori, Kasatori pass, Mt. Kobushi, Kabagoya-ato, Karisaka pass, Jumonji pass, Mt. Shiraiwa, Mt. Mae-Shiraiwa" ( Shinohara 1955).

Type series.

Syntypes: unknown number of specimens, both sexes. Depository unknown.

Diagnosis.

An Escaryus species with body length reaching ≥ 2 cm; clypeus with small plagulae; labral arc relatively shallow, with denticles short and obtuse; first maxillae with one pair of lappets; forcipular trochanteroprefemur, femur, and tibia with small bulges, tarsungulum without bulge; 35-39 leg-bearing segments; metasternites with relatively sparse setae; metasternite of the ultimate leg-bearing segment trapezoid, approximately as long as wide; coxal pores on both ventral and lateral sides of coxopleura; anal pores present.

Distribution.

Far East: Sakhalin oblast (Kuril Islands: Kunashir and Shikotan) ( Titova 1973; Kurcheva 1977). Outside Asian Russia: Japan ( Shinohara 1955).