(Fig. 78)

Catalogue: Trechus folwarcznyi Deuve, 1997: 150. Locus typicus: South Central Tibet, Yangpachem County, ascent to Sogu La, 5100 m approximately 40 km W of Yangpachem.

Type material: Holotype male, with label data “ HOLOTYPE ”, “ Tibet 31.V.97 Col de Suge La 5100 m A. Wrzecionko ”, “ Trechus folwarcznyi n. sp. Holotype Th. Deuve det. 1997” (MNHN).

Additional material: CHINA: South Central Tibet: 38 males, 13 females, NE of Shogu La pass, 5000–5350 m, 29°54’48– 29°57’20N 90°08’28– 90°07’49E, 3–4.VII.07 (CSCHM); 5 males, S Namtso, Langma Valley, 5100–5150 m, 30°37’39,1N 90°51’56.5E, 13.VII.07 (CSCHM); 8 males, 3 females, above Shogu La Pass, 5450 m, 29°53’55N 90°07’57, 5.VII.07 (CSCHM).

Identification: See key above.

Relationships: See chapter Relationships of T. tsampa sp. n., below.

Distribution: Fig. 100. Currently only known from the mountain slopes around Shogu La pass of western Nyainqentanglha Shan Massif, east of Jomo Gangtse Peak.

Habitat: An e daphic species of the higher alpine zone. The vertical distribution extends up to 5450 m. The specimens were found under stones on humid, gently inclined slopes as well on the top of an older moraine. In the lower parts of its vertical distribution (5100–5300 m) this species lives sympatrically with T. yak shogulaensis ssp. n.