ON BRANCHINECTA-ORIENTALIS SARS (ANOSTRACA) IN THE HIMALAYAS

We report finding the Anostraca, Branchinecta orientalis Sars, 1901, i n a temporary lake in the Nepalese Himalayas. The lake, referred to as a non-permanent water collection by Loffler, was sampled in the frame work of a research project on lakes in remote areas (Ev-K2-CNR Project ), aimed at studying the transport of pollutants on a global scale. Th e species identified, never reported before for this region, was found only in one water body out of a total of 34 sampled, identified as La ke 70 in the Ev-K2-CNR Cadastre. Resting eggs were present in the sedi ments. A list of species making up the zooplankton, together with some information on the hydrochemistry and climate of the region, is provi ded.