Lobrathium tortile ZHENG 1988 (Map 1)

Material examined: China: Shaanxi:1♂, Daba Shan, pass 20 km NW Zhenping, 32.1°N, 109.4°E, 26.-28.VI.2001, leg. Turna (cAss) ; 5♀♀, Qinling Shan, 115 km WSW Xi'an, above Houzhenzi, 33°50'N, 107°47'E, 1450 m, 5.VII.2001, leg. Smetana (cSme) ; 1♂, 15 km SW Dongjiangkou, 1700 m, 14.-17.VII.1998, leg. Bolm (NHMB). Hubei: 1♀, Daba Shan, creek valley 8 km NW Muyuping, 31°29'N, 110°22'E, 1550-1650 m, 18.VII.2001, leg. Smetana (cSme). Gansu: 19♂♂, 26♀♀ [mostly teneral], N Chengxian, W-Qinling Shan, 34°08'N, 105°47'E, 1750 m, moist valley with stream and ponds, meadow with Artemisia, 28.VII.2012, leg. Assing (cAss, MNHUB). Sichuan: 4♂♂, 1♀, Daxue Shan, N Kangding, 30°03'N, 101°57'E, 2600-2700 m, 22.& 24.V.1997, leg. Pütz (cPüt, cAss); 1♂, Gongga Shan, Hailuogou Glacier Park, river valley ca. 1 km above Camp 1, 29°36'N, 102°04'E, 2100 m, 28.& 31.V.1997, leg. Pütz (cPüt) ; 1♂ [teneral], Ya'an Pref., Shimian Co., Daxue Shan, road Anshunchang-Wanba, 12 km W Shimian, 1300 m, 9.VII.1999, leg. Pütz (cAss) ; 1♀, 70 km W Chengdu, Jiulonggou env. near Dayi, 28.VI.-2.VII.1995, leg. Jindra (cAss) .

Comment: Lobrathium tortile had previously been recorded from Shaanxi, Hubei, and Sichuan (ASSING 2012); the currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 1. The specimens collected in Gansu in July are mostly teneral.