Sophonia orientalis (Matsumura)

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Sophonia orientalis (Matsumura)

( Figs 1–11 )

Nirvana orientalis Matsumura, 1912: 282 ; Huang, 1994: 85. Taiwan.

Pseudonirvana rufofascia Kuoh & Kuoh, 1983: 317 . China. Synonymised by Huang, 1994: 85.

Sophonia rufofascia (Kuoh & Kuoh) , Huang, 1989: 64, figs 2A–I. Taiwan.

Pseudonirvana longitudinalis Distant, Zhang, 1990: 54 , fig. 45. Misidentification. China.

Quercinirvana longicephala Ahmad & Mahmood, Huang, 1994; Li & Chen, 1998: 51. Synonymised in error.

Sophonia orientalis (Matsumura) , Li and Chen 1998, Plate 23, figs 1–6. China.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 14, Sophonia species. 1 – 11, Sophonia orientalis (Matsumura), 1 – 7, 10 Hawaii specimen, 8, 9, 11 Madeira specimen. 1, head and thorax; 2, fore wing; 3, stype; 4, subgenital plate; 5, male pygofer and Xth segment; 6, connective; 7, pygofer process; 8, aedeagus (ventroposterior view); 9, 10, aedeagus (left lateral view); 11, aedeagus (posterior view); 12 – 14, Sophonia longitudinalis (Distant), aedeagus, left lateral view; 12, China; 13, India (Lunglei); 14, Sri Lanka.