Orphnebius krypticola PACE, 2007

Material examined: Brunei: 1 ♂, Temburung District, ridge NE of Kuala Belalong, 300 m, light trap, X.1992, leg. Martin (BMNH) .

Comment: The original description is based on a unique male from Brunei. The specific epithet is evidently a misspelling: in the heading of the description PACE (2007) writes “ kripticola ”, whereas in other parts of the article (abstract, résumé, keys, figure caption) he uses the – etymologically correct – epithet “ krypticola ” five times. HLAVÁČ et al. (2011) list the species as Orphnebius kripticola .

The fact that PACE (2007) uses the epithet “ krypticola ” five times, as opposed to one occurrence of “ kripticola ”, is evidence that he meant to use the etymologically correct noun and that the spelling “ kripticola ” represents an inadvertant error in the sense of Article 32.5.1 of the Code (ICZN 1999). According to Article 24.2.3 of the Code, HLAVÁČ et al. (2011) cannot be regarded as First Revisers, since they do not cite both spellings together. Thus, the epithet “ krypticola ” is here designated as the correct original spelling.

Based on the shapes of tergite and sternite VIII, as well as on the male sexual characters (ventral process massive; paramerite slender and curved), O. krypticola belongs to the O. reductus subgroup.