Escaryus molodovae Titova, 1973 *

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32. Escaryus molodovae Titova, 1973 *

Escaryus molodovae Titova 1973: 95.

Escaryus molodovae - 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°0'N, 142°50'E.

Type series.

Holotype: male. Paratypes: 8 specimens, including 5 males and 3 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 ≥ 1.4 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 denticles; forcipular tarsungulum with a large, pointed basal denticle; 35 leg-bearing segments; metasternites with relatively sparse setae; metasternite of the ultimate leg-bearing segment trapezoid, approximately as long as wide; coxal pores only on the ventral side 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.