Pseudolathra himalayana ASSING 2012

Assing, V., 2013, A revision of Pseudolathra of the East Palaearctic and Oriental regions. II. Six new species and additional records, with notes on some New World species, Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (1), pp. 205-227 : 205-227

Pseudolathra himalayana ASSING 2012 (Map 3)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Nepal: 1♀, Pokhara , 800 m, 30.V.-1.VI.1996, leg. Ahrens, Kulbe, Rulik ( SNSD) ; 13, Kathmandu - Chauni , 1400 m, 29.IV.1967, leg. Dierl-Schacht ( NHMW) ; 13, same data, but 24.VI.1967 (cAss). India: 13, Uttarakhand, left side of Kosi river , 5 km N Ramnagar, "N29°432 E79°140", 7.-11.VI.2011, leg. Shavrin (cSha) ; 1♀, Maharashtra state, 70 km S Pune, Wai env., 3.-6.X.2005, leg. Kantner ( SMNS) ; 13, Maharashtra state, 40 km W Pune, Mulshi env., 7.-11.X.2005, leg. Kantner (cAss) ; 13, Maharashtra, 80 km E Bombay, Lonvala , 13.IX.1991, leg. Schuh ( NHMW) ; 13, Rajastan, S Bharatpur, Keoladeo National Park , 10.- 12.VIII.1988, leg. Hiermeier (cAss) .

C o m m e n t: The previously known distribution of P. himalayana , a close relative of P. unicolor , was confined to the Himalaya and adjacent ranges from northern Pakistan to Nepal. The above records from Rajastan and Maharashtra state considerably expand the range towards the south (Map 3).