Stirellus viridulus (Pruthi)

(See Shah et al., 2020: 196, Fig. 5)

Paternus viridula Pruthi, 1930: 42 .

Paternus viridulus, Metcalf, 1967: 2350 .

Stirellus viridulus, Khatri & Webb, 2010: 1–47 .

Measurement. Male: 3.3–3.7mm; female: 3.9mm.

Material examined. Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: 1³, 4♀♀, Pirsabak, 34°0′37.1196 N, 72°3′3.6648 E, light trap, 12 July 2018, coll. Bismillah Shah ; 1³, Kund Park, 33°55′50.0304 N, 72°14′5.0064 E, sweeping hand net, 30 July 2018, coll. Bismillah Shah ; 2³³, 1♀, Khairabad, 33°54′15.1596 N, 72°13′37.8264 E, sweeping hand net, 20 August 2018, coll. Bismillah Shah ; 1³, 2♀♀, Faqir Baba, 33°54′53.4888 N, 72°9′56.2176 E, sweeping hand net, 20 July 2019, coll. Bismillah Shah ; 2³³, Manki, 34°0′34.5096 N, 73°19′44.4432 E, sweeping hand net, 20 August 2019, coll. Bismillah Shah ; Punjab: 28³³, 12♀♀, Kuldana, 33°55′15.8232 N, 73°23′58.0812 E, sweep-ing hand net, 1 August 2019, coll. Bismillah Shah.

Distribution. Pakistan, India.

Remarks. This species closely resemble S. lahorensis (Distant) in external appearance and male genitalia but varies in color and in the pygofer lobe. The caudal region of pygofer lobe in S. viridulus (Pruthi) is straight but curved in S. lahorensis (Distant) .