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) Author Schmidt, Joachim Lindenstrasse 31, 18211 Admannshagen, Germany; Author Wrase, David W. Dunckerstrasse 78, 10437 Berlin, Germany; Author Sciaky, Riccardo Via Fiamma 13, 20129 Milano, Italy text Journal of Natural History 2013 J. Nat. Hist. 2013-09-03 47 41 - 42 2671 2689 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2013.791952 journal article 55814 10.1080/00222933.2013.791952 857d6372-de50-463d-8471-717e72bdd3ba 1464-5262 4608237 1775013D-FE87-41CA-87AF-D730E809331B Kashmirobroscus ortrudae sp. nov. ( Figures 1 A–C, 3A, B, 4J, 5G–J, 6A) urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: E6EF1411-8344-4C47-809F-D8AE1A7AC0D4 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. Figure 6. Female genital tract of Kashmirobroscus and Eobroscus in lateral view. (A) Kashmirobroscus ortrudae sp. nov , paratype, female; (B) Eobroscus bhutanensis Morvan, 1982 , female specimen from Mt Manaslu, Nepal. Abbreviations: bc, bursa copulatrix; co, common oviduct; gc, gonocoxites, gsc, gonosubcoxites; hs, helminthoid sclerite; sp, spermatheca. 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).