Pelioptera testaceipennis ( Motschulsky, 1858 )

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Pelioptera testaceipennis ( Motschulsky, 1858) ( Figs. 22, 25 , 33­34 )

Homalota testaceipennis Motschulsky, 1858: 251 .

Homalota pelioptera Kraatz, 1859: 30 .

Homalota dubia Kraatz, 1859: 37 .

Pelioptera longicornis Cameron, 1925: 194 .

Atheta (Liogluta) luchuensis Cameron, 1933: 213 .

Pelioptera dubia: Cameron, 1939: 413 (as valid species). Pelioptera pelioptera: Cameron, 1939: 414 (as valid species). Pelioptera longicornis: Cameron, 1939: 413 (as synonym of P. dubia ). Geostiba luchuensis: Sawada, 1977: 211 (as valid species). Pelioptera testaceipennis: Sawada, 1980: 51 .

Pelioptera pelioptera: Sawada, 1980: 51 (as synonym of P. testaceipennis ). Pelioptera dubia: Sawada, 1980: 51 (as synonym of P. testaceipennis ). Pelioptera luchuensis: Sawada, 1980: 51 (as synonym of P. testaceipennis ).

Type material. Syntypes of P. longicornis : Indonesia: ,, Sumatra, Si­Rambé (E. Modigliani), xii.1890 ­ iii.1891 ( FMNH).

Additional material. Indonesia:, Nongkudjadjar, East Java, 4000' (J.P.A. Kalis), 1934 ( FMNH).

Figures

FIGURES 22 ­ 26. Details of Pelioptera testaceipennis (Motschulsky) (syntype of P. longicornis Cameron from Sumatra, Indonesia (22, 25 )), P. m i c a n s Kraatz (Sri Lanka (23 ­ 24 )) and P. exasperata (Kraatz) (Dehra Dun, India (26 )). 22 ­ 23 – prementum, ventral view; 24 ­ 26 – mesometathorax, ventral view. Scale bar 0.15 mm (23), 0.2 mm (22), 0.4 mm (24, 26), 0.8 mm (25).

FIGURES 27 ­ 34. Male genitalia of Pelioptera micans Kraatz (syntype from Sri Lanka (27 ­ 29 )), P. exasperata (Kraatz) (Dehra Dun, India (30 ­ 32 )) and P. testaceipennis (Motschulsky) (Java, Indonesia (33 ­ 34 )). 27, 30, 33 – median lobe of aedeagus, parameral view; 28 – apex of median lobe, parameral view; 29 – copulatory piece of internal sac, lateral view; 31, 34 – median lobe of aedeagus, lateral view; 32 – copulatory piece of internal sac, parameral view. Scale bar 0.2 mm (28 ­ 29, 32), 0.4 mm (27, 30 ­ 31, 33 ­ 34).