Orphnebius jumlaicus ASSING, 2006

Material examined Nepal: 1♂, 1♀, Karnali province, Jumla district, 2 km W Gothichaur, 2700 m, 20.V.1995, leg. Weigel (NME) ; 1♀, Karnali province, Munigaon, Babila river, 2500 m, 4.V.1995, leg. Weigel (NME) ; 1♂, Jumla district, 2 km W Churta, 2900 m, pitfall trap, 19.V.1995, leg. Weigel (cAss) ; 1♀, Jumla district, Jumla env., 23.V.1995, leg. Weigel (cAss). All the above specimens have the following identification label attached to them: " Orphnebius hauseri Epp., det. R. Pace 2003" ; 1♂, Karnali prov., Jumla distr., Maharigaon, 29°20'N, 82°23'E, 3250 m, 8.-9.VII.1999, leg. Hartmann (NME) ; 1♂, same data, but 3200 m, 16.VI.1977, leg. Weipert (NME); 1♂, Karnali prov., Jumla distr., 14 km E Jumla, Jharjwala, 2600 m, stream valley, 23.V.1995, leg. Hartmann (NME) ; 8 exs., Karnali prov., Jumla distr., Gothichaur, 29°12'N, 82°18'E, 2850 m, forest, pitfall, 13.VI.1997, leg. Weigel (NME, cAss) ; 1 ex., 2 km W Gothichaur, 29°12'N, 82°19'E, 2850 m, 13.VI.1997, leg. Hartmann (NME) ; 1 ex., Gothichaur, 29°12'N, 82°19'E, 2900-3100 m, 12.VI.1997, leg. Weipert (cAss). Kashmir: 1 ex., Aru, X.1977, leg. Franz (NHMW) ; 5 exs., Pahalgam, X.1977, leg. Franz (NHMW, cAss). India: 1 ex., Himachal Pradesh, Katrain near Kulu [PA358], leg. Franz (cAss) .

Comment: Orphnebius jumlaicus was previously known only from Jumla district in West Nepal (ASSING 2006a). The above records from Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir considerably expand the known distribution westwards. Some of the above material from West Nepal had been misidentified as O. hauseri .