similis (Picromerus) Distant 1883: 421 . [Figs 188–189]

Original data: “ Hab. Hakodatè.” [syntype (s)]

SYNTYPE ♂: blue-margined syntype disc; red-margined type disc; “ Japan (Lewis)”; “ similis (Dist.) [Distant’s handwriting]”; “Ha Ko”; “NHMUK 010592296”. Specimen well preserved (Fig. 188) .

NON-TYPE ♀: “Hakodatè / 88 31”; “NHMUK 010592298”. Specimen well preserved (Fig. 189).

Current status: Picromerus lewisi Scott, 1874 (synonymised by Josifov & Kerzhner 1978: 180).

Notes: Distant (1883: 421) had noted “In colour, markings, and general appearance almost undistinguishable from P. lewisi Scott, [...]” and indeed Picromerus similis Distant was synonymised to P. lewisi Scott by Josifov & Kerzhner (1978). The female specimen was received at NHMUK in 1888 and was, in all likelihood, collected the previous year, four years after the original description; it cannot be a syntype but is a topotype, contemporary to the male syntype.