Scelimena discalis (Hancock, 1915)

Eugavialidium discalis: Hancock 1915 .

Scelimena discalis: Günther 1938a, 1955, Steinmann 1970, Otte 1979, Shishodia 1991, Blackith 1992, Shishodia et al. 2010, Storozhenko & Dawwrueng 2015, Zha et al. 2017.

Type material not examined. According to the original description it is not specified how many males and females make the type series (Hancock 1915). OSF, however reports male holotype to be deposited in Philadelphia.

Type locality: India: Assam: Sivasagar [= Sibsagar in Hancock (1915)].

Notes. This is the type species of Scelimena discalis species group. It is characteristic in wide vertex, and nodulated pronotal and femoral carinae. It is morphologically similar to S. gombakensis . Differences are reported in the diagnosis of S. gombakensis . Two specimens were examined in Tumbrinck's collection (a male and a female from Thailand: Khao Yai NP X.1990. Leg. S. Ingrisch). Identification in future should be based on comparison with type specimens.