Steriphodon doncasteri Abdullah, 1967

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Steriphodon doncasteri Abdullah, 1967 ( Figs 42–48 )

Abdullah (1967a: 330) original description ( India: Tamil Nadu & Kerala), key .

Abdullah (1968: 190) key.

Studied type material. ♂ holotype BMNH [genitalia in separate tube, forebody missing, one metathoracic wing mounted on same card with the specimen], Ayur , North Salem. F.R.I. Sandal Insect Survey [printed] 8.8. [hand- written] 30 [printed] / Brit. Mus. 1946- [printed] 319. [handwritten] / Plot 21 [printed] / 1930 [handwritten] / 494 [handwritten] / Type H.T. [printed, label circular, red frame] / Steriphodon abdominalis Abdullah. HOLOTYPE [handwritten]; 1♂ paratype BMNH [genitalia in separate tube, forebody and legs missing, one metathoracic wing mounted on same card with the specimen] ( Figs 44–48 ), Ayur, North Salem. F.R.I. Sandal Insect Survey [printed] 7.X. [handwritten] 30 [printed] / Brit. Mus. 1946- [printed] 319. [handwritten] / Plot 19 [printed] / 1917 [handwrit- ten] / 443 ♂ [handwritten] / Paratype [printed, label circular, yellow frame] / Steriphodon abdominalis Abdullah PARATYPE ♂. [handwritten]; 2♂ paratypes BMNH [mounted on same card] ( Figs 42–43 ), Ayur , North Salem. F.R.I. Sandal Insect Survey [printed] 7.X. [handwritten] 30 [printed] / 1916 [handwritten] / Plot 19 [printed] / Brit. Mus. 1946- [printed] 319. [handwritten] / Paratypes [printed, label circular, yellow frame] / Egestria abdomina- lis Blr MS. name! [handwritten] det. K.G.Blair. [printed] parat. [handwritten] / Steriphodon abdominalis Abdullah PARATYPES ♂♂ [handwritten]; 1♂ paratype BMNH , Ayur , North Salem. F.R.I. Sandal Insect Survey [printed] 10.X. [handwritten] 30 [printed] / 1914 [handwritten] / Plot 15 [printed] / Brit. Mus. 1946- [printed] 319. [handwrit- ten] / Paratype [printed, label circular, yellow frame] / Steriphodon abdominalis Abdullah PARATYPE ♂ [handwrit- ten]; 1♂ paratype BMNH [genitalia in separate tube], India Malabar [handwritten] / Fry Coll. 1905.100. [printed] / 24816 [handwritten] / 495 ♂ [handwritten] / Pedilidae near Egestria tarsi 5-5-4 [handwritten] / Paratype [printed, label circular, yellow frame] / Steriphodon abdominalis Abdullah ♂. PARATYPE [handwritten].

New record. INDIA,mer. Tamil Nadu State Kumili,5.1986 T.Nathan coll. (1 specimen NHMB) .

Distribution. Southern India (Kerala, Tamil Nadu).

Note. Digital images of male genitalia are provided for the first time for this species.

Figures

FIGURES 42–44. External morphology of Steriphodon doncasteri Abdullah, 1967, ♂ paratype. 42—Habitus, dorsal view; 43—ditto, lateral view (consider abdominal projection); 44—ditto, another ♂ paratype, habitus, dorsal view [not to scale].

FIGURES 45–48. Male genitalia of S. doncasteri Abdullah, 1967, ♂ paratype. 45—Tegmen; 46—ditto, apical portion, en- larged; 47—Median lobe; 48—ditto, apical portion, enlarged [not to scale].