Paraphloeostiba tonkinensis (Cameron, 1940)

(Figs. 36, 41–42)

Phloeonomus tonkinensis Cameron, 1940: 181

Paraphloeostiba tonkinesis: Steel 1960: 167

Material examined. PHILIPPINES: 2 ♁♁: Leyte, Visca N Baybay. 22.02.1991. 200–500 m a.s.l., primary forest. W. Shawaller et al. leg. (SMNS) .

Remarks. Phloeonomus tonkinensis was origianlly described from “ Tonkin: Hoa Binh ”. Steel (1960) redescribed it as Paraphloeostiba, and provided figures of the aedeagus, the female genital segment and the spermatheca. The species was known from Vietnam and Singapore (Herman 2001). It is here recorded from Philippines for the first time. Habitus as in Fig. 36. Aedeagus as in Figs. 41–42.