Lesteva (s.str.) kargilensis Cameron, 1934 Lesteva kargilensis Cameron, 1934: 17 Lesteva kargilensis: Lohse, 1982: 201, 204; Coiffait, 1982: 42 Type material examined: INDIA: Holotype of Lesteva kargilensis Cameron, 1934, ♀ [The specimen without antennomeres 10-11 of left antenna, antennomeres 6-11 of right antenna, right middle and hind legs]: ‘HOLO- | TYPE’ , ‘Y.N.I.E. | K83 Kargil | 24 May 1932. Wet | mossy stones by | spring’ , ‘N. India: KASHMIR [handwritten]’ , ‘ Lesteva | kargilensis | TYPE Cam.’ , ‘Holotype [handwritten in black] | P.M. Hammond | det. 1973’ , ‘ Lesteva (s.str.) | kargilensis | Cameron, 1934 | Shavrin A.V. det. 2016’ (BMNH). Redescription. Measurements of the holotype: HL: 0.60; HW: 0.82; OL: 0.25; LT: 0.12; LP: 0.82; PWMax 0.97; PWMin 0.70; ElL: 1.50; EW 1.60; AW(IV): 1.55; TL: 3.82. In general appearance similar with L. (s.str.) fluviata Champion, 1920 (for details see Shavrin 2012). Body, antennomeres and tibiae dark brown; femora, middle and apical portions of elytra reddish brown; apical parts of femora dark brown; apical margin of abdominal tergite VII, tergite VIII and apical abdominal segment yellow brown; tarsi, base of antennomeres 1¯4, ocelli and mouthparts yellow. Head with regular and deep punctation; punctation of pronotum as that on head, distance between punctures on disc as diameter of 1¯2 nearest punctures; elytra with large and deep punctation; abdomen with small regular punctures. Body glossy, without microsculpture, except abdomen with well visible isodiametric microsculpture. Head 1.3 times wider than long; eyes convex, twice as long as temples; distance between ocelli slightly shorter than distance between ocellus and posterior margin of eye. Measurements of antennomeres (length/width): 1: 0.19 × 0.09; 2¯3: 0.17 × 0.05; 4¯6: 0.15 × 0.06; 7¯9: 0.15 × 0.07. Pronotum cordate, convex, widest near anterior third, slightly wider than length, 1.6 times wider than head, with distinctly rectangular hind angles. Elytra 1.8 times longer than pronotum, widely expanded posteriad, with rounded hind margins. Tarsomere 1 of metatarsus visibly longer than tarsomeres 2¯3, as long as apical tarsomere. Male unknown. Comparative notes. Based on the body size, coloration and punctation, L. kargilensis is similar to L. fluviata, from which it differs by the narrower head and pronotum, more elongated antennomeres, and by the slightly wider and shorter elytra. Remarks. The species was described based on one specimen (see above) from India (Kashmir) by Cameron (1934). The aedeagus, which has been illustrated by Coiffait (1982: 156, Figs. 260¯261), apparently refers to L. (s.str.) championi Lohse, 1982.

Published as part of Shavrin, Alexey V., 2016, New taxonomic and faunistic data on the Himalayan Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae), pp. 143-150 in Zootaxa 4205 (2) on pages 146-147, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/192909