Gandhara (Cragandhara) himalaya (Volynkin, 2023), 2024

Gandhara (Cragandhara) himalaya (Volynkin, 2023) View in CoL , comb. n.

( Figs 7, 8 View Figures 1–8 , 15 View Figures 13–16 , 20 View Figures 20–24 )

Cragandhara himalaya Volynkin, 2023 , Ecologica Montenegrina , 69: 88, figs 1, 2, 10, 15 (Type locality: “[NE India, north of West Bengal] Gopaldhara, Darjeeling , 3440–5800 ' ”).

Type material examined. Holotype ( Figs 7 View Figures 1–8 , 15 View Figures 13–16 ): male, [NE India, north of West Bengal] “Gopaldhara, | Darjeeling, | 3440–5800 '. | (H. Stevens). | 22.IX.[19]18.” / “Rothschild | Bequest | B.M. 1939-1.” / QRcode label with unique ID “ NHMUK010292457 About NHMUK ” | “Slide | NHMUK0104331720 About NHMUK ” ( NHMUK) . Paratype: female, [NE India, north of West Bengal] Gopaldhara, Mirik, Sikkim, H. Stevens / Rothschild Bequest B.M. 1939-1 / QR-code label with unique ID: NHMUK010916194 About NHMUK , gen. prep. No.: NHMUK0104331732 About NHMUK ( NHMUK) .

Distribution. Northeast India (north of West Bengal).

Acknowledgements

The senior author expresses his sincere thanks to the following for their kind assistance during visits to collections under their care: Alberto Zilli and Geoff Martin (NHMUK); James Hogan (OUMNH); and Axel Hausmann, Mei-Yu Chen and Ulf Buchsbaum (ZSM). Images of specimens deposited in NHMUK are used with permission and are copyright of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London and made available under Creative Commons License 4.0, CC-BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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