Trechus thorongiensis Schmidt, 1994

Schmidt, Joachim, 2009, Taxonomic and biogeographical review of the genus Trechus Clairville, 1806, from the Tibetan Himalaya and the southern central Tibetan Plateau (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini) 2178, Zootaxa 2178 (1), pp. 1-72 : 17

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.2178.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5319986

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scientific name

Trechus thorongiensis Schmidt, 1994
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Catalogue: Trechus thorongiensis Schmidt, 1994: 131 . Locus typicus: Central Nepal, Manang Distr., E-slope of Thorung La pass north of Annapurna Massif, altitude 4900–5200 m.

Type material: Holotype male, with label data “NEPAL-HIMALAYA, Annapurna Mts., 1993, leg. Schmidt”, “Thorong Pass, 8. VI., N Manang, E slope, 4900–5200 m ”, “ HOLOTYPUS Trechus thorongiensis des. J. Schmidt 1993” ( SMTD).

Paratypes: 126 specimen (males, females), with same label data as holotype ( BMNH, CCAS, CBALL, CBQ, CGITZ, CKAB, CLOR, CVT, CSCHM, CWR, NHMB, NME, SMTD, ZSM) .

Identification: See key above.

Relationships: According to derived aedeagal internal sac features T. thorongiensis Schmidt, 1994 is doubtless the sister species of T. eutrechoides (see above).

Distribution: Fig. 98 View FIGURE 98 . Tibetan Himalaya of Manang Distr., Central Nepal. Hitherto only found on the eastern slope of the Thorung La pass, Muktinath Himal, north of Annapurna Massif.

Habitat: Higher alpine zone; vertical distribution approximately 4900–5000 m. On ascent to Thorung La pass the species was found along small humid depressions. The type locality is now completely built over by a complex of lodges for trekking tourists called ‘High Camp’ on the way to Thorung La pass.

NHMB

Natural History Museum Bucharest

NME

Sammlung des Naturkundemseum Erfurt

ZSM

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Trechus

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