Abstract
The genus PselaphodesWestwood, 1870 is poorly known from the Himalayas, and represented in Nepal by a single species. In this paper 15 new Nepalese species are described: P. ampliatus sp. nov., P. bagmatius sp. nov., P. bilobatus sp. nov., P. corniger sp. nov., P. coxatus sp. nov., P. khandbarius sp. nov., P. loebli sp. nov., P. procerus sp. nov., P. psomus sp. nov., P. robustus sp. nov., P. rotundatus sp. nov., P. sagephorus sp. nov., P. smetanai sp. nov., P. symmetricus sp. nov., and P. tmesisternus sp. nov. Main characters distinguishing species include secondary sexual characters of males and morphological differences in the aedeagi. New collecting records for P. unicornisBekchiev & Hlavac, 2013 in Nepal are given. Pselaphodes spinosusChampion, 1925, previously known from northern India and southwestern China, is newly recorded from Nepal.
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