Centistidea rugator Ranjith and van Achterberg, 2019

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Centistidea rugator Ranjith and van Achterberg, 2019

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Centistidea rugator Ranjith and van Achterberg, 2019: 434 . Holotype in Department of Zoology , University of Calicut, Malappuram, Kerala, India (not examined).

Centistidea rugator Ranjith et al., 2023: 456 .

Material examined

1♀, Brunei, Ulu , Temburong (300 m), M Day, February-March 1982, No . NHMUK101639269 ; 1♀, Brunei, Pagon (Pagon Ridge), B .C.St.G Allen, February 1982, No. NHMUK101639306 ; 1♀, Malaysia, Sarawak, G(unung) . Mulu (1950–2070 m), VF Eastop, 5 June 1978, BM1978-411 , No . NHMUK101639278 ; 1♀, Malaysia, Sarawak, 4 th . Div. Gn. Mulu, RGS Exp., NM Collins, 16 March 1978, No. NHMUK101639297 .

Distribution. BRUNEI; MALAYSIA: Borneo: Sarawak (new country records); INDIA.

Note. Features of these specimens agree with the description by Ranjith and van Achterberg (2019) except the body more yellow ( Figure 5 (a)) and temple relatively shorter and more constricted ( Figure 5 (b)). The antenna of the type was with six segments remaining in the original paper; here, we add some supplementary description of antennae ( Figure 5 (i)) to this species: penultimate and ultimate flagellomeres 2.5 and 2.8 × longer than wide, flagellomeres gradually and indistinctly shortened to penultimate segment and ultimate segment pointed.

Figures

Figure 5. Centistidea rugator Ranjith and van Achterberg, 2019, (a) habitus, dorsal view; (b) head, dorsal view; (c) head, frontal view; (d) mesonotum and scutellum, dorsal view; (e) mesopleuron, lateral view; (f) propodeum, dorsal view; (g) fore wing; (h) hind leg; (i) antenna; (j) metasoma, dorsal view.