Pselaphodes unicornis Bekchiev & Hlaváč, 2013

Figs 22B, 24 A-L

Pselaphodes unicornis Bekchiev & Hlaváč, 2013: 497 .

Type material examined: Holotype; ♂; NEPAL, ‘Nepal, Parbat, Ghorepani, Rhodendron forest, 2860 m, 13.10.2006, leg. D. Bechev / HOLOTYPUS Lasinus unicornis sp. n. det. Bekchiev & Hlaváč 2013 / collection NMNH-Sofia, Bulgaria’ (NMNHS). – Paratype; 1 ♀; NEPAL, ‘Nepal, Langtang Valley. Lama longe, 2500 -2800 m, 25.10.1984, leg. P. Beron / HOLOTYPUS Lasinus unicornis sp. n. det. Bekchiev & Hlaváč 2013 / collection NMNH-Sofia, Bulgaria’ (NMNHS).

Other material examined (21 specimens): 1 ♂, 1 ♀; ‘ NEPAL, Parbat Distr. Ghoropani, Pass N slope, 2700 m, 6.X.1983, Smetana & Löbl’ (MHNG ). – 1 ♂; same data as for precedent, except ‘ 2750 m, 6.X.1983 ’ (MHNG) . – 1 ♂; same data as for precedent, except ‘ 2850 m, 9.X.1983 ’ (MHNG) . – 1 ♀; same data as for precedent, except ‘ 3100 m, 7.X.1983 ’ (MHNG). – 2 ♀♀; same data as for precedent, except ‘ 3050 - 3100 m, 8.X.1983 ’ (MHNG). – 6 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀; ‘ NEPAL, Khandbari District, above Tashigaon, 3600 m, 6.IV.1982, A. & Z. Smetana’ (MHNG) . – 1 ♂; ‘ NEPAL, Khandbari District, “Bakan” W of Tashigaon, 3200 m, 3.IV.1982, A. & Z. Smetana’ (MHNG) . – 1 ♂, 1 ♀; ‘ NEPAL, Mustang Distr., Lete, 2550 m, 2.X.83, Smetana & Löbl’ (MHNG) . – 2 ♀♀; ‘ NEPAL, Mustang Distr., 2 km N Kalopani, 2550 m, 1.X.83, Smetana & Löbl’ (MHNG) .

Comments: This species is a member of the P. bagmatius species-group, and widely distributed in Nepal. Males can be readily identified based on the unique sexual characters, and the aedeagus. The females can be recognized only by an association with a male.

Distribution: Nepal: Dhaulagiri, Bagmati, Koshi.