Polydictya crassa Distant, 1906

Figs 3, 7

Polydictya crassa Distant, 1906b: 26 (Type in BMNH).

Polydictya crassa – Schmidt 1912: 72 (comparative note with other Polydictya species). — Metcalf 1947: 86 (catalogued). — Lallemand 1963: 18 (key, description). — Nagai & Porion 1996: 13; 2004: 31 (listed).

non Polydictya crassa – Nagai & Porion 2004: 7, pl. 2 fig. 13 (erroneous notes on distribution, illustration of habitus, misidentification of Polydictya pelengana sp. nov.).

Diagnosis

(1) Tegmina brown with a small, whitish spot along claval suture and 3 small, whitish spots on membrane (Fig. 3A); (2) hind wings without basal red patch (Fig. 3A); (3) frons regularly rounded in dorsal view, not projecting anteriorly (Fig. 3C), brown (Fig. 3D); (4) anterior tibiae slightly laminate (Fig. 3B); (5) abdomen not black dorsally (brown in the single specimen known, but it is possible that the original colour faded due to preservation in a fluid, e.g., ethanol) (Fig. 3A); (6) genital segments brown (same remark as under 5).

Type material examined

Holotype

♀: [S. Celebes] [ crassa Dist. Type] [Distant Coll. 1911—383] [ Type] [BMNH (E) #651905] (BMNH).

Measurements and ratios

LT (extrapolated): ♀ (n = 1): 30.0 mm; LTg/BTg = 2.72; BV/LV = 4.46; LF/BF = 0.79.

Distribution

The species was described from southern Sulawesi (“S Celebes ”) without specific locality.