Nepalota martensi PACE, 1987

(Fig. 144, Map 1)

Nepalota martensi PACE, 1987b: 412 .

Type material exmined: Holotype ♂: " NEPAL-Expeditionen Jochen Martens / 179a Kaski Dist., oberhalb Dhumpus, Berlese 2100 m, Martens & Ausobsky 8/10Mai80 / Holotypus Nepalota martensi m., det. R. Pace 1984 / Holotypus / Nepalota martensi n. sp., det.. Pace 1984 / Senckenberg-Museum Frankfurt/Main" (SMF). Paratypes: 1♂: same data as holotype (SMF); 1♂: "NEPAL-Expeditionen Jochen Martens / 179 Kaski Dist., oberhalb Dhumpus, Laubwald 2100 m, Martens & Ausobsky 8/10Mai80" (SMF).

Additional material examined: China: Yunnan: 1♂, Gaoligong Shan, Baoshan Pref., 35 km SE Tengchong, near Xiaoheishan N.R., 24°50'N, 98°46'E, 2110 m, deciduous forest, litter sifted, 30.V.2007, leg. Schülke (cAss) ; 1♀, Gaoligong Shan, Baoshan Pref., 36 km SE Tengchong, 24°50'N, 98°46'E, 2200 m, deciduous forest, litter sifted, 31.V.2007, leg. Schülke (cSch) ; 6♂♂, 1♀, E Kunming, Xiaobailong Forest Park, 24°56'N, 103°05'E, 2110 m, secondary pine forest, pine litter and litter at trail margin sifted, 10.VIII.2014, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss) ; 51♂♂, 50♀♀, 15 exs., Wuding, Lion Mountain Scenic Area, 25°32'N, 102°23'E, 2200 m, stream valley with deciduous forest, moist litter sifted, 17.VIII.2014, leg. Assing & Schülke (cAss, cSch, MNHUB) ; 1♂, 1 ex., mountain WNW Wuding, 25°39'N, 102°07'E, 2390 m, mixed forest margin with alder and pine, litter sifted, 1.IX.2014, leg. Schülke (cSch) ; 1♂, mountains S Jianshui, 23°25'N, 102°51'E, 1890 m, subtropical broad-leaved forest, litter sifted, 22.VIII.2014, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♂, mountain W Gejiu, 23°24'N, 103°07'E, 1990 m, mixed forest, litter and various debris sifted, 23.VIII.2014, leg. Assing (cAss) ; 1♀, same data, but 25.VIII.2014 (cAss); 1♂, 9 exs., Dali Bai Aut. Pref., mountain range E Weishan, 12 km NE Weishan, 25°17'N, 100°22'E, 2630-2660 m, scrub with pines and bamboo, litter sifted, 15.IX.2009, leg. Schülke & Wrase (cSch, cAss) ; 1♂, 4 exs., Lincang Pref., Laobie Shan, Wei Bo Shan pass, 24°08'N, 99°43'E, 2375 m, degraded secondary deciduous forest, litter and moss sifted, 8.IX.2009, leg. Schülke (cAss) ; 1♂, 3♀♀, Lincang Pref., Xue Shan, 48 km N Lincang, 24°19'N, 100°07'E, 2070 m, forest remnant, litter sifted, 12.IX.2009, leg. Schülke (cSch, cAss) ; 2♂♂, 13 exs., Lincang Pref., 20 km NW Lincang, Bangma Shan, 23°58'N, 99°55'E, 2210 m, degraded forest with fern, litter and fern sifted, 9.IX.2009, leg. Schülke (cSch) ; 1♀, Lincang Pref., 33 km SSW Lincang, Bangma Shan, 23°36'N, 100°00'E, 2150 m, deciduous forest remnant, litter sifted, 11.IX.2009, leg. Wrase (cSch) ; 1 ex. [apex of abdomen missing], Lincang Pref., Wuliang Shan, old pass road, 24°43'N, 100°30'E, 2200 m, primary forest remnant, litter sifted, 12.IX.2009, leg. Wrase (cSch) ; 12 exs., Pu'er Pref., Ailao Shan, 37 km NW Jingdong, 24°45'N, 100°41'E, 2300 m, degraded forest remnant, litter sifted, 13.IX.2009, leg. Schülke (cSch, cAss) ; 1♂, 1 ex., Dali Bai Aut. Pref., Zhemo Shan, 7 km SW Xiaguan, 25°32-33'N, 100°10-11'E, 2870-2970 m, shrub habitat with oak, bamboo, and rhododendron, litter sifted, 18.IX.2009, leg. Wrase (cSch, cAss). Nepal: 1 ex., Khandbari district, forest NE Kuwapani, 2450 m, 13.IV.1982, leg. Smetana (MHNG) ; 2 exs., same data, but 2500 m, 12.IV.1982 (MHNG); 1 ex., Khandbari district, below Sheduwa, 2100-2550 m, 9.IV.1982, leg. Smetana (MHNG) ; 1 ex., Bagmati province, NE Barahbise, Pokhare, 2700 m, 2.V.1981, leg. Löbl & Smetana (MHNG) .

Comment: The original description is based on four males from two localities in Nepal (PACE 1987b). The species was subsequently reported from additional localities in Nepal (PACE 1991, 2006), as well as from the Chinese provinces Yunnan and Guizhou (PACE 1993, 2004). Three of the type specimens, among them the holotype, were examined. The median lobe of the aedeagus of a male from Yunnan is illustrated in Fig. 144.

The vast distribution of N. martensi ranges from Nepal to southern China (Yunnan, Guizhou) (Map 1). The examined material was collected by sifting litter in various forest habitats (broad-leaved, coniferous, mixed) at altitudes between 1890 and nearly 3000 m, partly together with N. cuneata, N. smetanai, or N. gansuensis .