Axylus c.f. philippinus (Hebard, 1922)

(Figs. 8, 9)

Material examined. 1 male (TR349) and 1 female (TR350): Philippines, Luzon, Laguna, UPLB University Land Grant, 4.vii.2011, secondary forest at night, N14°23'56.9" E121°32'47.2", 376 m. a.s.l., coll. T. Robillard (MNHN) .

Remarks. Our specimens resemble Axylus philippinus in habitus (Figs. 8, 9A, 9B), shape of the male cercus (Figs. 9E, 9F) and the female ovipositor (Fig. 9K) but differ as follows: frons red brown, of same colour as genae (Figs. 9C, 9D), instead of black distinctly different from genae; male subgenital plate angularly and deeply excised (Fig. 9G) instead of roundly and less deeply excised; female subgenital plate not regularly curved from one side to the other (Fig. 9J). Since the titillators of congeners of Axylus can differ drastically in shape, the similarities of the titillators between that of our specimens (Figs. 9H, 9I) and those examined in Ingrisch (2015) suggest that despite the differences in other morphology, our specimens from Laguna, UPLB University Land Grant are probably a variant or subspecies of Axylus phillipinus . To test the species boundaries, we reckon that incorporation of molecular data could be useful.