Amaurodera silvana Pace, 1992

Assing, V., 2006, A new species and new records ofAmaurodera Fauvel from Nepal (Coleóptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharini), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 105 (4), pp. 155-160 : 156

Amaurodera silvana Pace

Additional material examined: Nepal: 22 exs., Annapurna region, Marsyandi Khola Valley, Temang - Thanchauk , E Temang , 2500-2700 m, 18.IV.1999, leg. Hirthe & Krüger ( cHir, cAss) ; 15 exs., SW-Dhaulagiri, Rahughat Khola valley, above Dwari, SW Lete pass, 28°34N, 83°32E, 2500 m, 12.V.2002, leg. Jäger ( SNSD, cAss) ; 1 ex., SE-Dhaulagiri, 3 km NE Dwari , 28°34N, 83°32E, 2200 m, river bank, 11.V.2002, leg. Jäger ( SNSD) ; 3 exs., Dhaulagiri, Baglung Lekh , upper Tara Khola, 2600 m, 18.V.2004, leg. Kleeberg ( cAss, cKle) ; 3 exs., Dhaulagiri, Baglung Lekh, ca. 30 km W Baglung , northern Tara Khola , 2800 m, 20.V.2004, leg. Kleeberg ( cKle, cAss) ; 2 exs., same data, but 2500-2700 m, 18.V.2004 ( cKle) ; 1 ex., Dhaulagiri, Parbat region, Nange Thaty , 2500 m, moss, 28.V.2004, leg. Kleeberg ( cKle) .

This species has become known only from the Annapurna and the Dhaulagiri ranges, from where it has been recorded repeatedly, occasionally in large numbers.