Kashmirobroscus ortrudae, Schmidt & Wrase & Sciaky, 2013

Schmidt, Joachim, Wrase, David W. & Sciaky, Riccardo, 2013, Description of Kashmirobroscus gen. nov. with two new species from the Northwest Himalaya, and remarks on the East Asian genus Eobroscus Kryzhanovskij, 1951 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini), Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 47 (41 - 42), pp. 2671-2689 : 2681-2683

Kashmirobroscus ortrudae sp. nov.

( Figures 1 A–C, 3A, B, 4J, 5G–J, 6A)

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Type material

Holotype: Male, with label data “ Pakistan (Azad Jammu & Kashmir) Noori-Top 3600–4000 m (s. Jalkhad) 15/16.VII.2003 Heinz leg.” ( cHZ).

Paratypes: 5 males, 8 females with same label data as holotype (cHZ, cSCHM, cWR) .

Etymology

The new species is named in honour of Mrs Ortrud Heinz, wife and constant travel companion of the collector and carabidologist Walter Heinz. Herewith we recognize in particular her essential contributions to the success of the many joint field campaigns in Asia and South America. The epithet is formed as a noun (name) in the genitive case.

Description

Habitus see Figure 1 A–C.

Body length: Males 12.1–13.1 mm, females 11.6–12.8 mm.

Head: Vertex with transverse impression shallow on sides, with a deep pit in middle ( Figure 3A ). Antennae moderately long with tenth antennomere extended to pronotal base ( Figure 1C ); PL / A3L 4.4-4.6.

Pronotum: PW / HW in males 1.15–1.20 (mean 1.17), in females 1.15–1.21 (mean 1.18); PW / PL in males 1.00–1.10 (mean 1.04), in females 0.99–1.04 (mean 1.02); PW / PBW in males 1.50–1.64 (mean 1.57), in females 1.50–1.63 (mean 1.58); PAW / PBW in males 1.15–1.27 (mean 1.21), in females 1.1.12–1.26 (mean 1.20). Lateral margin with three to five setae each side in apical half.

Elytra: EW in males 4.7–4.9 mm, in females 4.4–4.6 mm; EL / EW in males 1.59–1.68 (mean 1.63), in females 1.60–1.69 (mean 1.64); EW / PW in males 1.58–1.69 (mean 1.63), in females 1.54–1.64 (mean 1.59). Chaetotaxy as described for genus, but in one specimen the left preapical pore puncture is absent.

Abdomen: Last abdominal sternite apically with one seta on each side in male, two in female, but setation sometimes irregular (one male specimen with a small additional seta at right side, and one female with an additional seta at right side).

Legs: Tarsomere 5 on ventral side with one pair of setae behind middle ( Figure 4J ).

Male genitalia: See Figure 5 G–I.

Female genitalia: See Figure 6A .

Differential diagnosis

This species differs from Kashmirobroscus mirabilis sp. nov. by the slightly shorter antennae with tenth antennomere extended to pronotal base ( Figure 1C ) and by having transverse impression on vertex with a deep pit in middle ( Figure 3A ).

Geographical distribution

Northwest Himalaya of Pakistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir ( Figure 7 ): Probably endemic to the mountain ranges surrounding Noori Top (= Noori Nar Top, link between the Kaghan Valley and the Neelum Valley south of Jalkhad village).

Habitat

The locality at which the type series was collected is situated in a north-exposed high valley with glaciers and snow in its upper parts, where many small creeks with melt water pass through fairly flat stony meadows ( Figure 8 ). The specimens were found on small, very moist grassy places between the brooks under big stones (W. Heinz, personal communication).

Figures

Figure 1. Kashmirobroscus ortrudae sp. nov., paratype, male. (A) Dorsal view; (B) ventral view; (C) left lateral view. Abbreviation: bt, button-like elevation on sternite VI.

Figure 3. Head in dorsal (A, C, D) and ventral (B) views of Kashmirobroscus and Eobroscus. (A, B) Kashmirobroscus ortrudae sp. nov., paratype, male; (C) Kashmirobroscus mirabilis sp. nov., holotype; (D) Eobruscus bhutanensis Morvan, 1982, female specimen from Mt Manaslu, Nepal. Abbreviation: ms, setae of mentum; sms, setae of submentum.

Figure 4. Protarsi (A, D, G) and mesotarsi (B, E, H) in ventral view, and metatarsi in lateral view (C, F, I–K) of Broscini. (A–C) Zacotus matthewsii LeConte, 1869, male specimen from Vancouver, Canada; (D–F) Eobroscus lutshniki (Roubal, 1928), male specimen from Ussurisk, Russia; (G–I), Eobroscus bhutanensis Morvan, 1982 (G, H, male specimen from Qingcheng Houshan, China; I, female specimen from Mt Manaslu, Nepal); (J) Kashmirobroscus ortrudae sp. nov., paratype, male; (K) Kashmirobroscus mirabilis sp. nov., holotype. Abbreviation: lf, longitudinal furrow on dorsolateral surface of first metatarsomere.

Figure 5. Aedeagal median lobe in left lateral view (A, C, E, G; H shows a cut-out of G) and in dorsal view (B, D, F, I; B and I additionally with parameres), and sternum IX (J) of Kashmirobroscus and Eobroscus. (A, B) Eobroscus lutshniki (Roubal, 1928), specimen from Ussurisk, Russia; (C–F) Eobroscus bhutanensis Morvan, 1982 (C, D, specimen from Qingcheng Houshan, China; E, F, specimen from Mt Fansipan, Vietnam); (G–J), Kashmirobroscus ortrudae sp. nov., paratype, male. Abbreviations: lap, latero-apical projections of internal sac; pl, left paramere; pr, right paramere.

Figure 6. Female genital tract of Kashmirobroscus and Eobroscus in lateral view. (A) Kashmirobroscus ortrudae sp. nov, paratype, female; (B) Eobroscus bhutanensis Morvan, 1982, female specimen from Mt Manaslu, Nepal. Abbreviations: bc, bursa copulatrix; co, common oviduct; gc, gonocoxites, gsc, gonosubcoxites; hs, helminthoid sclerite; sp, spermatheca.

Figure 7. Distribution of Kashmirobroscus ortrudae sp. nov. (white square), Kashmirobroscus mirabilis sp. nov. (white triangle) and Eobroscus bhutanensis Morvan, 1982 (white circles) in High Asia.

Figure 8. Noori Top area, North Western Himalaya of Pakistan, with the habitat of Kashmirobroscus ortrudae sp. nov. (for details see text). Photo: W. Heinz, Schwanfeld.