Indophantes digitulus ( Thaler, 1987 )

Tanasevitch, Andrei V., 2011, Linyphiid spiders (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Pakistan and India, Revue suisse de Zoologie 118 (3), pp. 561-598 : 578-579

Indophantes digitulus ( Thaler, 1987)

MATERIAL: 2 ♀, PAKISTAN, Punjab, Murree , 1950 ma.s.l., leaflitterunder Quercus ; 23.IV.1984; leg. S. Vit [PAK-84/20]. – 1 ♀, HazaraDistrict, KāghānValley, NWofMahandri, KamalbanForest, 1800 ma.s.l., fernlitter; 3.VII.1985; leg. S. Vit [PAK-85/15]. – 2 Ƌ, Nathia Gali, 2300 ma.s.l., understones; 17.IV.1984; leg. S.Vit [PAK-84/4] . – 1 ♀, INDIA, Himachal Pradesh, Kulu Valley, Chijoga (S of Manali), 1900 m a.s.l., in rotten stump of coniferous tree; 12.X.1988; leg. S. Vit [16]. – 1 ♀, Kulu Valley , Vashisht Baths (N of Manali), bank of Beas River , 1900 ma.s.l., fernlitter; 13.X.1988; leg. S. Vit [20]. – 1 Ƌ, 3 ♀, Chijoga (S-Manali), 1900 ma.s.l., wetravine, fromrodentburrow; 14.X.1988; leg. S. Vit [22]. – 3 Ƌ, 2 ♀, Khajjiar, Eof Dalhousie, 1950 ma.s.l., Cedrus forest , fernlitter; 21.X.1988; leg. S. Vit [30/88] .

REMARKS: The species was originally described from Kashmir, India ( Thaler,

1987, under Lepthyphantes Menge, 1866 ) and later recorded from Nepal ( Tanasevitch,

1987; Tanasevitch & Saaristo, 2006). The species is here recorded from Pakistan for the first time.

RANGE: Himalayan.