Abstract
In 2001 the slug Deroceras laeve was found in northern Pakistan: Duikar village, Gilgit District, FANA. The new record, the highest located in Karakoram, is an extension of its continuous distribution in the mid Hunza river region.
Highlights
The terrestrial mollusc fauna of Pakistan was poorly known in the past, and terrestrial slugs in particular were often ignored in biological surveys and field studies (AUFFENBERG 1997, WIKTOR & AUFFENBERG 2002)
During the 2001 malacological survey, which focused on the northern parts of Pakistan (Karakoram, Hindukush), Deroceras laeve was found in the mid Hunza river region, Gilgit District, Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA)
The currently known distribution of Deroceras laeve in Pakistan (Fig. 1) is disjunct (WIKTOR & AUFFENBERG 2002)
Summary
The terrestrial mollusc fauna of Pakistan was poorly known in the past, and terrestrial slugs in particular were often ignored in biological surveys and field studies (AUFFENBERG 1997, WIKTOR & AUFFENBERG 2002). The knowledge of the diversity and distribution of slugs in this country is still very poor. The 1990–1992 field survey provided a few records of two slugs, Anadenus altivagus (Theobald, 1862) and Deroceras laeve F. Müller, 1774), and a single one of Candaharia rutellum (Hutton, 1849) (WIKTOR & AUFFENBERG 2002). During the 2001 malacological survey, which focused on the northern parts of Pakistan (Karakoram, Hindukush), Deroceras laeve was found in the mid Hunza river region, Gilgit District, Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA). È. HLAVÁÈ, head of the survey under the auspices of the Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
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