Pitymys schelkovnikovi (Satunin, 1907) . Izv. Kavkas. Mus., 3:243.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., Azerbaidzhansk. S.S. R., Talysk Mtns., Lenkoransk. Okr., near Dzhi .

DISTRIBUTION: Talysk and Elburz Mtns.; S. Azerbaidzhán (U.S. S. R.); S. and probably N.W. Iran.

COMMENT: Subgenus uncertain; regarded by Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951, as a synonym of subterráneas; evidence for specific distinctness provided by Kratochvil, 1970, Prirodoved. Pr. Ustavia. Cesk. Acad. Ved. Brno, 4:1 -63.