Kashmirobroscus ortrudae Schmidt & Wrase & Sciaky 2013, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Schmidt, Joachim
name: Wrase, David W.
name: Sciaky, Riccardo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Kashmirobroscus
Kashmirobroscus ortrudae

description: Kashmirobroscus ortrudae sp. nov.
(Figures 1 A–C, 3A, B, 4J, 5G–J, 6A)
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Type material
Holotype: Male, with label data “ Pakistan (Azad Jammu & Kashmir) Noori-Top 3600–4000 m (s. Jalkhad) 15/16.VII.2003 Heinz leg.” (cHZ).
Paratypes: 5 males, 8 females with same label data as holotype (cHZ, cSCHM, cWR).
Etymology
The new species is named in honour of Mrs Ortrud Heinz, wife and constant travel companion of the collector and carabidologist Walter Heinz. Herewith we recognize in particular her essential contributions to the success of the many joint field campaigns in Asia and South America. The epithet is formed as a noun (name) in the genitive case.
Description
Habitus see Figure 1 A–C.
Body length: Males 12.1–13.1 mm, females 11.6–12.8 mm.
Head: Vertex with transverse impression shallow on sides, with a deep pit in middle (Figure 3A). Antennae moderately long with tenth antennomere extended to pronotal base (Figure 1C); PL / A3L 4.4-4.6.
Pronotum: PW / HW in males 1.15–1.20 (mean 1.17), in females 1.15–1.21 (mean 1.18); PW / PL in males 1.00–1.10 (mean 1.04), in females 0.99–1.04 (mean 1.02); PW / PBW in males 1.50–1.64 (mean 1.57), in females 1.50–1.63 (mean 1.58); PAW / PBW in males 1.15–1.27 (mean 1.21), in females 1.1.12–1.26 (mean 1.20). Lateral margin with three to five setae each side in apical half.
Elytra: EW in males 4.7–4.9 mm, in females 4.4–4.6 mm; EL / EW in males 1.59–1.68 (mean 1.63), in females 1.60–1.69 (mean 1.64); EW / PW in males 1.58–1.69 (mean 1.63), in females 1.54–1.64 (mean 1.59). Chaetotaxy as described for genus, but in one specimen the left preapical pore puncture is absent.
Abdomen: Last abdominal sternite apically with one seta on each side in male, two in female, but setation sometimes irregular (one male specimen with a small additional seta at right side, and one female with an additional seta at right side).
Legs: Tarsomere 5 on ventral side with one pair of setae behind middle (Figure 4J).
Male genitalia: See Figure 5 G–I.
Female genitalia: See Figure 6A.
Differential diagnosis
This species differs from Kashmirobroscus mirabilis sp. nov. by the slightly shorter antennae with tenth antennomere extended to pronotal base (Figure 1C) and by having transverse impression on vertex with a deep pit in middle (Figure 3A).
Geographical distribution
Northwest Himalaya of Pakistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Figure 7): Probably endemic to the mountain ranges surrounding Noori Top (= Noori Nar Top, link between the Kaghan Valley and the Neelum Valley south of Jalkhad village).
Habitat
The locality at which the type series was collected is situated in a north-exposed high valley with glaciers and snow in its upper parts, where many small creeks with melt water pass through fairly flat stony meadows (Figure 8). The specimens were found on small, very moist grassy places between the brooks under big stones (W. Heinz, personal communication).
description: Published as part of Schmidt, Joachim, Wrase, David W. & Sciaky, Riccardo, 2013, Description of Kashmirobroscus gen. nov. with two new species from the Northwest Himalaya, and remarks on the East Asian genus Eobroscus Kryzhanovskij, 1951 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini), pp. 2671-2689 in Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) (J. Nat. Hist.) 47 (41 - 42) on pages 2681-2683, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2013.791952, http://zenodo.org/record/4608237