Aphaniosoma platystylus Ebejer, 2008

Fig. 71

Material examined

Paratypes

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES • 1 ♂; 7km south of Al-Jazirat al-Hamra; 29 Dec. 2004; A. van Harten leg.; white water trap; MJE • 1 ♂; Sharjah Desert Park; 20 Oct.–24 Nov. 2007; A. van Harten leg.; light trap; MJE .

Remarks

For similar species see note under A. impudens, above. The habitus (Fig. 71A) and the appearance of the hypopygium in situ (Fig. 71B) are illustrated here and the characteristic sternite 6 with line drawing of the hypopygium were previously illustrated (Ebejer 2008: 689, figs 15–16).

Distribution

United Arab Emirates (Ebejer 1996).