Pithemera bicincta ( Perrier, 1875 )

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Pithemera bicincta ( Perrier, 1875)

Perichaeta bicincta Perrier, 1875: 1044 ; Michaelsen 1900: 419.

Pheretima bicincta— Gates 1972: 170; Nguyen 1994: 43; Thai 2000a: 308.

Pithemera bicincta— Sims & Easton 1972: 202, 232; Lee, 1981: 563, Figs 29–30; Easton, 1981: 60; Easton, 1981: 60; 1982: 732; Blakemore 2002: 227, Fig. 2.18; Blakemore 2007a: 14; Blakemore 2008.

Perichaeta violacea Beddard, 1895a: 407 , synonymized by Michaelsen (1910: 84).

Pithemera philippinensis James & Hong, 2004 (in: James et al. 2004): 9, Figs 2C–D, synonymized by Blakemore (2016: 19).

See Blakemore (2002) for more synonyms.

Type locality. Philippines (Mindoro, or Luzon).

Type material. MNHN, France (AE 689-692) inspected by Michaelsen (1910: 84).

Records from Vietnam. Quang Binh (Quang Trach) ( Nguyen 1994).

Distribution. A cosmopolitan species, frequently reported from Philippines, Myanmar, Taiwan, Java, Hawaii, Mexico, USA, Malaysia, India, West Indies, Japan, Samoa, Fiji, Penang west of Malacca, and Grenada in the Antilles, Australia ( Blakemore 2002, 2007a).

Remarks. Further examination was not possible because all previously collected material has been lost.