Falconius deceptor Günther, 1938

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Falconius deceptor Günther, 1938

Type material examined: photographs of four syntypes are available online in OSF. 1♀ Midden Ost Borneo 23.IX.1925. Leg. H. C. Siebers, 1♂ Midden Ost Borneo 19.IX.1925. Leg. H. C. Siebers (MTD), 1♀ Midden Ost Borneo 25.IX.1925. Leg. H. C. Siebers, 1♂ Midden Ost Borneo 2.IX.1925. Leg. H. C. Siebers (NCB)

Type locality: Middle East Borneo.

Notes. This species is easily distinguished from its congeners by the hump on the pronotum between the

shoulder (visible in Fig. 9 ). Females have swollen tarsi and lateral ocelli and bifurcation are positioned high, so this species indeed belongs to the genus Falconius .

Figures

FIGURE 9. Alive Falconius cf. deceptor Günther, 1938 male, standing on a leaf in Danum Valley (Borneo: Malaysia: Sabah). Photograph by Paul Bertner, reproduced with photographer’s permission.