Medhiama schawalleri BORDONI 2002

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Medhiama schawalleri BORDONI 2002 ( Figs 9-11 )

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Nepal: 8 exs., Dhaulagiri Himal, Myagdi Khola valley , Italy camp, 3500 m, 25.VI.1998, leg. Jäger ( SNSD, cAss) ; 2 exs., same data, but 3400-3500 m, 4.VII.1998, leg. Berndt & Schmidt ( SNSD, cAss) .

C o m m e n t: Previously, only the holotype of this species was known. The above material was collected close to the type locality ("Myagdi Distr., Mygdi Khola N Dobang") ( BORDONI 2002). The habitus and the aedeagus are illustrated in Figs 9-11 .

Figures

Figs 6-11: Atopolinus subnigroaeneus (COIFFAIT) (6-8) and Medhiama schawalleri BORDONI (9- 11): (6, 9) habitus; (7, 10) forebody; (8, 11) aedeagus. Scale bars: 6-7, 9-10: 1.0 mm; 8, 11: 0.5 mm.