Dolichurus taprobanae Smith 1869

(Figs 28–29)

Dolichurus taprobanae Smith 1869: 304, ♂, actually ♀ (Turner 1912: 365). Holotype: ♀, Sri Lanka: no specific locality (NHMUK).

Dolichurus bipunctatus Bingham 1896: 438, ♂. Holotype: ♂. Burma: Pegu Hills (NHMUK). Synonymized with Dolichurus taprobanae by Krombein 1979: 14.

Dolichusus clavipes Cameron 1897: 18, ♂, junior primary homonym of Dolichurus clavipes Dahlbom 1829 . Holotype: ♂, India: Bengal: Barrackpore 20 km N Calcutta (OXUM). Synonymized with Dolichurus taprobanae by Krombein 1979: 14.

Dolichurus reticulatus Cameron 1899: 56, ♂. Holotype or syntypes: ♂, India: Assam: Khasia Hills (OXUM). Synonymized with Dolichurus bipunctatus by Turner 1912: 364.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. BL 7.1 mm; frons smooth with scattered punctures; clypeus with median longitudinal carina reaching apical margin; black macrosetae at normal positions of clypeus, frons, pronotum, and scutellum; pronotal collar with a few close transverse rugulae on anterior half; mesopleuron with subcontiguous punctures tending to coalesce in oblique rows.

MALE. BL 5.2 mm; frons with rugulose reticulations; vertex with scattered tiny punctures; clypeus with median carina reaching apical margin; fontal platform broader than long; pronotal collar with a few close transverse rugulae on anterior half; mesopleuron with scattered tiny punctures (Fig. 31).

Material examined.

INDIA: Karnataka, Kodagu district, Betathur near Madikeri, 1 ♀, 24.xii.2019, Coll. P.

Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13573; Shimoga district, Hosagadde, 1 ♀, 29.xii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13635. Kerala, Kozhikode district, Purameri, 2 ♂ and 1 ♀, 15.xii.2019, Coll. K.P. Hanima Raveendran, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13169 and 13823-13824; Kozhikode district, Madapally, 1 ♀, 5.1.2019, Coll. S. Anagha, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV. 13170; Kozhikode district, Madapally, 1♂, 13.xi.2019, Coll. K. Anju, ZSI/WGRC/ I.R.–INV.13435; Kasargod district; Ranipuram, 1 ♀, 21.i.2020, Coll. S. Anagha, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.13634. Tamil Nadu, Coimbatore district, Govanur, 1 ♂ and 2 ♀, 6.i.2019. Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV. 13171 and 13825-13826. Uttarakhand, Dehradun district, ZSI Campus, 1 ♀, 3.iii.2009, Coll. Rashmi and Aparna, ZSI/WGRC/I.R.–INV.12779; Dehradun district, ZSI Campus, 1 ♂, 18.vii.2019, Coll. P. Girish Kumar, ZSI/WGRC/ I.R.–INV.13565.

Distribution. India: Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka (new state record), Kerala (new state record), Meghalaya, Nicobar Islands, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu (new state record), Uttarakhand, West Bengal. Elsewhere: China; Indonesia; Laos; Malaysia; Myanmar; Sri Lanka; Thailand; Vietnam (Girish Kumar & Sheikh 2018).