Neosclerus dupleseriatus ASSING 2011

Assing, V., 2013, A revision of Neosclerus CAMERON III. Two new species from India and Laos, and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 45 (2), pp. 1549-1559 : 1555

Neosclerus dupleseriatus ASSING 2011

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Material examined Nepal: 1, Mahakali / Darchula, Chamliya Khola, Ghamna env., 29°41'N, 80°41'E, 800-850 m, 30.V.2005, leg. Weigel ( NME). India: 4 exs., Uttarakhand, 14 km E Uttarkashi, 30°45'N, 78°34'E, 1450-1500 m, 10.-12.IV.2012, leg. Shavrin ( cSha, cAss) ; 1, Uttarakhand, 15 km SW New Tehri , 30°16'N, 78°22'E, 870 m, 18.-20.IV.2012, leg. Shavrin ( cSha) .

Comment: This recently described species is rather widespread in the Himalaya, from Himachal Pradesh in the west to Nepal in the east ( ASSING 2011a). The currently known distribution is illustrated in Map 3 .

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Map 3: Distributions of Neosclerus dupleseriatus ASSING (circles), N. brevipennis (CAMERON) (filled triangles: male-based records; open triangle: female-based record), N. assamensis (CAMERON) (diamonds), and N. obscurus nov.sp. (star).