Kashmirobroscus mirabilis, 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 : 2684-2685

Kashmirobroscus mirabilis sp. nov.

( Figures 2A , 3C , 4K )

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Type material

Holotype: Female, with label data “N Pakistan, NW Frontier Prov., Kaghan Valley , 2500–3500 m, Naran SE env ., 26–27.VII.1998, leg. Kalab ” ( cSCI).

Etymology

The epithet is derived from the Latin adjective mirabilis (= admirable) and indicates the exceptional nature of some features of this species.

Description

Habitus see Figure 2A .

Body length: 13.6 mm.

Head: Vertex with transverse impression deep in middle, shallow on sides ( Figure 3C ). Antennae remarkably long with ninth antennomere extended to pronotal base ( Figure 2A ); PL / A3L 4.0.

Pronotum: PW / HW 1.13; PW / PL 1.06; PW / PBW 1.57; PAW / PBW 1.17. Lateral margin with three setae each side in apical half.

Elytra: EW 4.95 mm; EL / EW 1.61; EW / PW 1.60.

Abdomen: Last abdominal sternite apically with two setae each side (female!).

Legs: Tarsomere 5 on ventral side usually with one pair of setae behind middle, however, on left hind leg an additional ventral seta is situated in middle of tarsomere 5.

Differential diagnosis

This species differs from Kashmirobroscus ortrudae sp. nov. by the slender antennae with ninth antennomere extended to pronotal base ( Figure 2A ) and by having transverse impression on vertex without a pit in middle ( Figure 3C ).

Geographical distribution

Northwest Himalaya of Pakistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir ( Figure 7 ): probably endemic to the higher parts of the Kaghan Valley.

Habitat

Unknown.

Figures

Figure 2. Kashmirobroscus and Eobroscus in dorsal view. (A) Kashmirobroscus mirabilis sp. nov., holotype; (B) Eobroscus bhutanensis Morvan, 1982, female specimen from Mt Manaslu, Nepal.

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 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.