Diceraopsylla brunettii Crawford, 1912

Distribution. India: West Bengal (Crawford 1912; Laing 1930, as Pauropsylla stevensi); Nepal (1 ♀, Kosi, Pakhribas, 27°03’N / 87°18’E, 1700‒1900 m, 27‒28.v.2001, sweeping/beating of vegetation in parks and in degraded Castanopsis / Lithocarpus forest (D. Burckhardt) #3a; 5 ♂, 5 ♀, Kosi, Chichila, 27°28’N / 87°14’E, 1900- 2000 m, 3‒5.vi.2001, sweeping of vegetation in Lithocarpus / Castanopsis forest and in cleared areas (D. Burckhardt) #9a(4); 1 ♂, Kosi, Mure, 27°30’N / 87°16’E, 2000–2100 m, 6–8/ 11–12.vi.2001 sweeping of vegetation in Lithocarpus / Castanopsis forest, Ericaceae-sclerophyll forest and cleared areas (D. Burckhardt) #10a(6) [NHMB, dry mounted]).

Host plant. Possibly Ficus elastica (Moraceae) .