Theopea clypeata Jacoby

(Fig. 27A)

Theopea clypeata Jacoby, 1896a: 492 (Indonesia: Sumatra); Weise, 1924: 151 (catalogue); Wilcox, 1973: 630 (catalogue); Ki- moto, 1990: 233 (catalogue)

Types. 1♂ (BMNH): “ SUMATRA / PANGHERANG-PISANG / X.90 e III.91 / E. MODIGLIANI [p, w] // Co-type [p, w, circle label with yellow border] // Museo Civ. / Genova [p, w] // Jacoby Coll. 1909-28 a. [p, w] // Theopa / clypeata / Jac. [h, b]”; 1♀ (MCSN): “ SUMATRA / PANGHERANG-PISANG / X.90 e III.91 / E. MODIGLIANI [p, w] // Typus [p, w, red letters] // clypeata / Jac [h, w] // Theopa / clypeata / Jac. [h, b] // SYNTYPUS [p] ♀ / Theopea / clypeata / Jacoby, 1896 [h, r] // Museo Civico / di Genova [p, w]” .

Remarks. Jacoby (1896) indicated two types for Theopea clypeata, and both were females. Actually, the type at the BMNH is a male based on the wider antennomeres and the swollen tarsomeres I of front legs.