Caviphantes pseudosaxetorum Wunderlich 1979
Creators: name: Tanasevitch, Andrei V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Linyphiidae
Caviphantes
Caviphantes pseudosaxetorum

description: 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.
description: Published as part of Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2011, Linyphiid spiders (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Pakistan and India, pp. 561-598 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 118 (3) on pages 568-569, DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.117817, http://zenodo.org/record/6312018