Gongylidiellum confusum Thaler, 1987

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Gongylidiellum confusum Thaler, 1987

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED: Gongylidiellum confusum, SMF 33728, 4 ♀ paratypes, INDIA, Kashmir, Pahalgam, coniferous forest , 2400 m a.s.l.; 14. V.1976; leg. J. Martens. – SMF 33730, 2 Ƌ paratypes, Sonamarg, Nichinai-Tal , 3100-3200 m a.s.l.; 9. VI.1976; leg. J. Martens.

OTHER MATERIAL: 4 ♀ ( ZMMU), PAKISTAN, Hazara District, Ghnwool Valley, Malkandi Forest , 1600 m a.s.l., near water, among stones; 30. VI.1985; leg. S. Vit [PAK-85/7]. – 1 Ƌ, 1 ♀, Swat District, above Utrot, 2500 m a.s.l., Abies & Cedrus forest, sifting moss and leaf litter among fallen trunks; 13. V.1983; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [11e]. – 1 ♀, same, 2500-2600 m a.s.l., sifting rotten Abies wood; 14. VI.1983; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [12c]. – 1 ♀, same, 2600 m a.s.l., wet meadow, sifting mosses & rotten wood; 13. V.1983; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [11d]. – 1 ♀, Chitral, Madaglasht , 2700 m a.s.l., sifting under Salix near river; 26. V.1983; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [27b]. – 2 ♀, Chitral, above Bumburet, valley to Pass Ustui , 2700 m a.s.l., sifting leaf litter under Viburnum; 25. V.1983; leg. C. Besuchet & I. Löbl [25c]. – 1 ♀, INDIA, Uttar Pradesh, Garhwal, 2 km E of Dhanolti, northern slope, 2250 m a.s.l., near source, sifting mosses and leaf litter under Rhododendron and Abies ; 21.X.1979; leg. I. Löbl [19]. – 1 Ƌ, 2 ♀ ( ZMMU), Garhwal , 10 km E of Dhanolti, 2450 m a.s.l., northern slope, Quercus forest, sifting litter; 21.X.1979; leg. I. Löbl [21b]. – 1 Ƌ ( ZMMU), Himachal Pradesh, 10 km W of Simla, Jutogh , 2000 m a.s.l., leaf litter near foot of rock; 29.X.1988; leg. S. Vit. [88/37].

REMARKS: The species was hitherto known only from Kashmir ( Thaler, 1987) and is here recorded from Pakistan for the first time.

RANGE: Himalayan.