Quasimus brancuccii Dolin 1993

Quasimus brancuccii Dolin, 1993 SRI Quasimus brancuccii Dolin, 1993: 191 (original description; published type locality:Arun V., Nepal; other localities: Sikkim, West Bengal); Mukhopadhyay & Chakraborty, 2003: 219 (catalogue; India: “ Sikkim ”); Korneev & Cate, 2005: 13 (type catalogue); Chakraborty & Chakrabarti, 2006: 196 (catalogue; India: “ West Bengal (Darjeeling, Sikkim)”); Cate, 2007: 190 (catalogue; “SD” as India: Sikkim, Darjeeling District); Schimmel & Tarnawski, 2009: 113 (catalogue; “ India: Darjeeling, Sikkim districts”); Gupta et al., 2018: 502 (catalogue; “2C” as India: Sikkim, Darjeeling District). Type Locality. Nepal: Arun valley, Sankhuwasabha District, Province No. 1 [Arun V., Aruntan, east Nepal]. Type Depository. Holotype, M (NHMB); 70 Paratypes, SU (NHMB, SIZK). Distribution in India. Sikkim **, West Bengal (Darjeeling District, Kalimpong District). General Distribution. India, Nepal (Dolin 1993; Schimmel & Tarnawski 2009). Remark. The presence of this species in Darjeeling & Kalimpong districts, West Bengal, is confirmed through data labels of the type specimens (courtesy of I. Zürcher, NHMB).