Caviphantes pseudosaxetorum Wunderlich, 1979

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2011, Linyphiid spiders (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Pakistan and India, Revue suisse de Zoologie 118 (3), pp. 561-598 : 568-569

Caviphantes pseudosaxetorum Wunderlich, 1979

MATERIAL: 1 ♀, PAKISTAN, HazaraDistrict, KāghānValley, 2000 ma.s.l., Ghnwool Valley , MakhairForest, litterunder Viburnum; 30. VI.1985; leg. S. Vit [PAK-85/4]. – 1 ♀, Punjab, environsofIslamabad, LakeRawal , ca 550 ma.s.l., forest, drylitter; 24.IV.1984; leg. S. Vit [PAK-84/24]. – 1 ♀, NofLakeRawal, 3.IV.1986, leg. S. Vit. – 1 ♀ ( ZMMU), Ghnwool Valley, MalkandiForest , 1600 ma.s.l., nearwater, amongstones; 30. VI.1985; leg. S. Vit [PAK85/7]. – 1 Ƌ, SwatDistrict, MalamJabba, 2500-2600 ma.s.l., Abies forest , siftingleaflitter and moss; 18. V.1983; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [17b]. – 1 ♀, S of Saidu Sharif, Murghazar, siftingleaflitterunder Platanus , 1300 ma.s.l.; 8. V.1983; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [2b]. – 1 ♀, aboveMiandam, 2400-2500 ma.s.l., Abies forest , siftingleaflitterandmoss; 17. V.1983; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [15b]. –1 Ƌ, INDIA, Himachal Pradesh, Kulu Valley, Chijoga (S of Manali), 1900 ma.s.l., fromrodentburrow; 14.X.1988; leg. S. Vit [22]. – 3 ♀, UttarPradesh, Garhwal , 4 kmSofBhatwari, 1400 ma.s.l.; 23.X.1979; leg. I. Löbl [1979/22]. – 4 Ƌ, 2 ♀, Madras (= Chennai), Palni Hills , 10 km W of Kodaikanal, 2300 m a.s.l., timberline, degraded forest, sifting moss under fern; 13.XI.1972; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [1972/25a]. – 1 Ƌ, 3 ♀, Palni Hills , 10 km NW of Kodaikanal, 2150 m a.s.l., edge of Rhododendron forest with fern, sifting litternearriver; 15.XI.1972; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [1972/27]. – 2 Ƌ, 7 ♀ ( ZMMU), Kodaikanal , 2100 ma.s.l., forestbelowtown, siftinglitter; 11.XI.1972; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [1972/22]. – 2 Ƌ, 5 ♀, 10 km W of Kodaikanal , 2350 m a.s.l., degraded forest, under stones; 13.XI.1972; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [1972/25b]. – 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀, 23 km W of Kodaikanal, LakeBerijam , 2150 ma.s.l., Rhododendron forest, siftinglitter; 14.XI.1972; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [1972/26]. – 1 ♀, Nilgiri, Ootacamund , 2150 m a.s.l., sifting litter under bushes in ravine; 21.XI.1972; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [1972/41a]. – 1 ♀, Meghalaya, KhasiHills, Mawphlang , 1800 ma.s.l., forest, siftinglitter; 28.X.1978; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [1978/32b]. – 5 ♀, Kerala, Cardamom Hills, near Munnar, Muttapatti , 1700 m a.s.l, forest with fern, sifting litter; 24.XI.1972; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [48].

COMPARATIVE MATERIAL EXAMINED: Caviphantes pseudosaxetorum, SMF 29677, 1 ♀ paratype, NEPAL, Thakkhola, from Kali Gandaki Valley to main Himalayan Mt. Ridge, ChadziouKholaValleynearGhasa, 2330 ma.s.l., 31.X.1969, leg. J. Martens.

DISTRIBUTION: The species was originally described from the Nepal Himalayas ( Wunderlich, 1979). Later, it was found in Japan ( Ono et al., 1991), China ( Gao et al., 1992), and just recently in Lebanon ( Tanasevitch, 2011). The species is here recorded from Pakistan and India for the first time.

RANGE: SouthPalaearctic-Oriental.