Esolus nepalensis Jach 1982

Esolus nepalensis Jäch, 1982 Fig. 1 C, D Esolus nepalensis Jäch, 1982: 91. Type material. Holotype ♂ (NMW / “ NHMW-ZOO-COL 0058117 ”) and 15 paratypes (NMW): Nepal, Bagmati Province, Sindhupalchok District: Sunkosi (or Sunkoshi) River at Lamosangu (or Lamosanghu), ca. 760 m a. s. l., ca. 27°45'18.7"N, 85°51'30.3"E, ca. 50 km ENE Kathmandu, 5. II. 1980, leg. M. A. Jäch (“ N 5 "). Additional material examined. India: Uttarakhand State: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, labeled ‘ Pauri Garhwal District, small stream, ca. 2 m wide (left tributary of Alaknanda River), in steep gorge with bushes, ca. 2 km upstream of Thamdar [village, junction], along road to Marud [village], ca. 8 km NE Srinagar [town], ca. 750 m a. s. l., ca. 30°13'53.4"N, 78°51'42.4"E, 11. XI. 2006, leg. M. A. Jäch (“ 8 ") ’ (NMW); 2 ♀♀, labeled ‘ Bageshwar District, Falda River, ca. 5–10 m wide, partly with larger boulders, left tributary of Saryu River, at Falda [village], ca. 15 km N Bageshwar [town], ca. 1020 m a. s. l., 29°55'11"N, 79°52'8"E, 14. XI. 2006, leg. M. A. Jäch (“ 20 ") ’ (NMW); 1 ♀, labeled ‘ Bageshwar District, Nagla [stream], ca. 0.5 m wide, flowing through pine forest, above Kafligaid [village], ca. 8 km SE Bageshwar, ca. 1350 m a. s. l., ca. 29°45'22"N, 79°45'31"E, 14. XI. 2006, leg. M. A. Jäch (“ 22 ") ’ (NMW). Nepal: Bagmati Province: 2 ♂♂, labeled ‘ Rapti River, Bhainse (or Bhaise), ca. 620 m a. s. l., ca. 27°30'33.8"N, 85°3'1.8"E, 19. II. 1982, leg. M. A. Jäch (“ N 21 ") ’ (NMW); 1 ex., labeled ‘ Sindhupalchok District, Lapse Khola, ca. 1600 m a. s. l., ca. 27°52'N, 85°39'E (elevation data and coordinates provided by the collector obviously imprecise), 11. IV. 1995, leg. H. Malicky’ (NMW). Gandaki Province: 1 ♂, labeled ‘ Bijayapur Khola (left tributary of Seti River), Pokhara, ca. 770 m a. s. l., ca. 28°11'38.3"N, 84°1'39.9"E, 22. II. 1982, leg. M. A. Jäch (“ N 25 ") ’ (NMW); 1 ♀, labeled ‘ Tanahun District, Chudi Khola at Bimalnagar, ca. 380 m a. s. l., ca. 27°57'13.2"N, 84°25'10.9"E, 10. XI, 1993, leg. O. Moog et al. (“ 13 ") ’ (NMW). Bhutan: Sarpang Province: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, labeled ‘ stream, ca. 3 m wide, with several furcations, steep, flowing from forest, Geylephug – Shemgang road, ca. 10 km NNE Geylephug Town, ca. 400 m a. s. l., 26°56'43"N, 90°31'29"E, 26. XI. 2005, leg. M. A. Jäch (“ 29 ") ’ (NMW); 1 ♂, labeled ‘ Bhur Khola [river], ca. 30 m wide, gravel banks, furcations, ca. 15 km NE Sarpang, ca. 390 m a. s. l., 26°55'29.0"N, 90°23'51.1"E, 27. XI. 2005, leg. M. A. Jäch (“ 30 ") ’ (NMW, Fig. 5); 1 ♂, labeled ‘ Dhara Chhu [stream], ca. 2 m wide, in steep gorge, large boulders, degraded forest, eastern slope of Sarpang – Damphu Pass, ca. 13 km SE Damphu Town, ca. 1700 m a. s. l., 26°56'52"N, 90°12'35"E, leg. M. A. Jäch (“ 31 ") ’ (NMW). Distribution. Originally described from Nepal (Bagmati Province), Esolus nepalensis is here recorded from India (Uttarakhand State), Bhutan (Sarpang Province), and from Gandaki Province of Nepal for the first time (Fig. 6).