Nebria (Patrobonebria) himalayica Bates, G. Ledoux 1889
Creators: name: Huber, Charles
name: Schmidt, Joachim
name: Baur, Hannes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Nebria
Nebria himalayica

description: Nebria (Patrobonebria) himalayica BATES, 1889
N. macrocephala BREIT, 1914
N. pallidipes BREIT, 1914
N. thibetica CSIKI, 1927
Type material of N. himalayica:
N. himalayica: Lectotype ♂, Goorais Valley, May 1887, J. H. Leech [printed label] // himalayica Bates [handwritten label] // Ex Musaeo H. W. Bates 1892 [printed label] // Museum Paris, ex. Coll. R. Oberthur [printed label] // Lectotype [red printed label] (MNHN).
Type material of N. macrocephala and N. pallidipes:
2 ♂, 1 ♀ Type [red printed label] // Po-o, S. W. Thibet [printed label] // Nebria macrocephala n. sp. Breit [in Breit’s handwriting] // ex. Orig. Samlg. J. Breit Wien [printed label] (NHMB);
1 ♂, same data // Type [red label] // ex. Coll. Breit [handwritten] // Nebria macrocephala n. sp. Breit [in Breit’s handwriting] // H. E. Andrewes Coll., B. M. 1945-97 (BMNH);
1 ♂, same data, with additional label: pallidipes a. macrocephala Brt. (NHMB); [Remark: Breit (1914) did not correctly recognize the sex, when he described his type specimen series of five females. Four of these five type specimens are available in the Breit collection (in the Frey collection in the NHMB). Andrewes (1929) made the note "I have in my collection a cotype of macrocephala Breit ".];
1 ♂ Poo, West-Himal., coll. Splichal // Bashar gegen Shipki Pass nicht Tibet aber a. d. Grenze, Andrewes vid. 6. 9. 1926 [handwritten by Bänninger] // Nebria macrocephala Breit, Co-Type 6. 1922 [handwritten by Bänninger] (ETHZ). [Remark: This is probably not a specimen of Breit’s type series. Andrewes (1929) cited the locality "Punjab: Bashahr State, Poo" referring possibly to this specimen of the Bänninger collection.]
Additional material of N. himalayica:
1 ♂, 1 ♀ J. Klapperich, Qulatak [sic!], 1950 m, Salangtal, 9. 10. 1952, Hindukusch, O-Afghanistan // N. (Patrobon.) himalayica Bts. [handwritten], det. Bänninger 1954 (ETHZ); 1 ♀ same data (NHMB) [Remark: Klapperich (1954, p. 117) wrote the locality in his paper " Qualatak, 1950 m, Ort im Salang-Tal "]; 1 ♂ J. Klapperich, Bashgultal, 1200 m, Nuristan, 11. 5. 1953, Afghanistan // N. (Patrobon.) himalayica Bts. [handwritten], det. Bänninger 1954 (ETHZ); 1 ♀ Khalatse [= Khalsi/ Jammu and Kashmir / India], 15000 [feet] // N. thibetica Cs. (= N. macrocephala Br.), Übergang zu pallidipes, Bänninger det. 1929, Andrewes vid. 19. 11. 1929 (ETHZ); 1 ♂ India, Milam, Gori V., 11500 ft. [printed] // macrocephala Breit, Bänninger det. [handwritten] // H. E. Andrewes Coll., B. M. 1945-97 (BMNH); 1 ♀ India, Milam, Gori V., 11500 ft. [printed] // N. pallidipes Breit, v. macrocephala Breit, H. E. Andrewes det. [handwritten] // H. G. Champion Coll, B. M. 1953-156 // G. Ledoux det. 1982 (BMNH); 2 ♂, 6 ♀ India, Milam, Gori V., 11500 ft. [printed] // H. G. Champion Coll, B. M. 1953-156 // G. Ledoux det. 1982 (BMNH); 1 ♂ India, Parbatti V., Kulu, Punjab, 6 – 8000 ft., H. C. G. [printed] // H. E. Andrewes Coll., B. M. 1945-97 (BMNH); 4 ♀ same data // H. G. Champion Coll., B. M. 1953-156 // N. himalayica Bates, G. Ledoux det. 1982 (BMNH); 1 ♂ Ramsu 4500, Ramban Div., Kashmir, 8. V. 1928, B. M. Bhatia [printed] // under wet stones [handwritten] // For. Res. Inst., Dehra Dun [printed] // Nebria himalayica, H. E. Andrewes det. // H. E. Andrewes Coll., B. M. 1945-97 (BMNH); 3 ♂ 1 ♀ N India, Uttarakhand, Uttarkashi distr., N30°57'41.57", E78°41'54.75" left tributary of Bhagirathi, 2300 m, 13. – 15.04.2012, Anichtchenko A. leg. (CANICH); 3 ♂ 2 ♀ India, Uttarakhand, Uttarkashi distr., Gangnani, left tributary of Bhagirathi, 2150 m, N30°57'43", E78°41'54", 13. – 15.04.2012, R. Cibulskis leg. (CANICH); 1 ♂ Pakistan, Swat, Malam Jabba, 2300 – 2400 m, 9. 5. 1983, leg. Besuchet & Löbl.
description: Published as part of Huber, Charles, Schmidt, Joachim & Baur, Hannes, 2013, Nebria (Patrobonebria) paropamisos, a new species from the Hindu Kush (Coleoptera, Carabidae), pp. 1-14 in Contributions to Natural History 22 on pages 11-12, DOI: 10.5169/seals-786946, http://zenodo.org/record/5840938