Platyretus marginatus Melichar
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Platyretus marginatus Melichar View in CoL
( Figs 13–19 View FIGURES 13 – 19 )
Platyretus marginatus Melichar 1903: 174 View in CoL –175. Distant 1908: 289 –290, Fig. 184. Type Ψ, SRI LANKA [MMB, examined]
Color and external characters as in the generic description.
Male genitalia: Subgenital plates rather rounded laterally and caudally. Style with slightly curved slender apophysis with hair-like setae basally and stout setae apically, preapical lobe poorly developed. Aedeagus similar to previous species, but apex of shaft, with dorsal acute hook-like projection, in lateral view.
Female genitalia: Median lobe of seventh sternite with a strong median concavity.
Measurements: Male 6.2–6.6 mm long, 1.6 mm wide across eyes. Female 6.4–6.6 mm long, 1.6 mm wide across eyes.
Material examined: SRI LANKA: Type, 1 Ψ, ( MMB). Other material: SRI LANKA: 1 ɗ, Peradeniya, i.1905; 1 ɗ, Kala Olya, xii. 1905; 1 Ψ, Central Province, Kandy Distr., Talwatte, 500 m, 3.xi.1995, M. Shaffer ( BMNH).
Remarks: There are a few specimens from India (Karnataka: 1 ɗ, 1 ɗ, 10 Km SE Magadi, 16.viii.1977, C.A. Viraktamath; Maharashtra: 1 ɗ, 2 Ψ, Matheran, 915 m, 23.xi.1977, C.A. Viraktamath (UASB)) that closely resemble specimens of this species from Sri Lanka but have a slightly undulate outer margin of the style apophysis. This species can be recognized from other species of Platyretus by the poorly developed style apophysis.
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Platyretus marginatus Melichar
Dai, Wu & Zhang, Yalin 2008 |
Platyretus marginatus
Distant 1908: 289 |
Melichar 1903: 174 |