Poecilosomella Duda, 1925

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Genus Poecilosomella Duda, 1925

Poecilosomella Duda, 1925 . – HAYASHI (2002): 121 –127 [illustr.]; PAPP (2002a): 107 –155 [key to the Oriental species, illustr.]; DONG et al. (2006): 643 –655 [review of the species from China, key, illustr.]; PAPP (2010): 10 –40

[Afrotropical species, key, illustr.].

Poecilosomella aciculata (Deeming, 1969) . Distr.: Oriental: China (GDO), India (West Bengal), Indonesia ( Flores, Lombok), Japan (Okinawa), Nepal, Sri Lanka; Palaearctic: Japan.

Poecilosomella aciculata . – HAYASHI (2005c): 9 [new record from Japan: Okinawa]; DONG et al. (2006): 644 [key, redescription, new record from China, illustr.].

Poecilosomella additionalis Papp, 2010 . Distr.: Afrotropical: South Africa.

Poecilosomella additionalis Papp, 2010: 11 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: South Africa, Natal, Pieterma- ritzburg. HT male (HNHM).

Poecilosomella affinis Hayashi, 2002 . Distr.: Australasian / Oceanian: Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea; Oriental: India, Indonesia (Java), Japan (Okinawa), Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Poecilosomella affinis Hayashi, 2002: 121 (both sexes, illustr.). Type locality: Sri Lanka, Kandy. HT male (NIID). – PAPP (2002a): 118 [new record from Irian Jaya].

Poecilosomella amputata ( Duda, 1925) . Distr.: Oriental: Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia (Sabah), Taiwan.

Poecilosomella amputata . – PAPP (2002a): 109 [new records from Indonesia (Sumatra) and Malaysia (Sabah)].

Poecilosomella angulata (Thomson, 1869) . Distr.: Afrotropical: Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Cape Verde Is., Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire; Australasian / Oceanian: all published records doubtful; Nearctic: USA (FL, TX); Neotropical: Bermuda, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico (GUE, HID, MEX, MOR, OXA,

PUE, QRE, SIN, SLP, VRC), Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Santa Lucia, St. Vincent; Palaearctic: Canary Is. ( Spain), Morocco.

Poecilosomella angulata . – GATT (2007): 303 [new record from Morocco]; PAPP (2010): 23 [new record from Ghana].

Poecilosomella annulitibia (Deeming, 1969) . Distr.: Oriental: Nepal, Taiwan.

Poecilosomella annulitibia . – PAPP (2002a): 109 [new record from Taiwan].

Poecilosomella biseta Dong, Yang & Hayashi, 2006 . Distr.: Oriental: China (GDO, GUI, ZHE).

Poecilosomella biseta Dong, Yang & Hayashi, 2006:650 [male, key, illustr.]. Type locality: China, Guangdong, Nanling National Nature Reserve. HT male (BAUC).

Poecilosomella borboroides (F. Walker, 1860) . Distr.: Oriental: India (Assam, Orissa), Indonesia (Celebes, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra), Malaysia (Sabah), Philippines (Luzon), Sri Lanka, Taiwan.

Poecilosomella borboroides . – PAPP (2002a): 111 [taxonomy, key, illustr., new records from Sumatra and Malaysia (Sabah)]; HAYASHI (2006c): 101 [new record from Sulawesi].

Poecilosomella borborus Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Oriental: Bangladesh, Indonesia (Bali, Java), Malaysia (Malaya, Borneo), Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand. Australasian: Papua New Guinea.

Poecilosomella borborus Papp, 2002a: 119 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Philippines, Negros, Cuernos de Negros, 7 km W Valencia [700 m]. HT male (ROME). – HAYASHI (2006c): 101 [new records from Bangladesh, Indonesia (Bali, Java), Malaysia (Malaya, Borneo), Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand].

Poecilosomella brevisecunda Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Oriental: Indonesia (Sumatra).

Poecilosomella brevisecunda Papp, 2002a: 120 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Indonesia, Sumatra, Aceh, Gunung Leuser National Park, Ketambe Research Station [350 m]. HT male (ROME).

Poecilosomella capensis Papp, 1990 . Distr.: Afrotropical: South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Poecilosomella capensis . – PAPP (2010): 16 [new record from Zimbabwe].

Poecilosomella conspicua Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Oriental: Malaysia.

Poecilosomella conspicua Papp, 2002a: 122 [both sexes, key]. Type locality: Malaysia, Sabah, 1 km S. Kundasang [1,530 m]. HT male (USNM).

Poecilosomella curvipes Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Oriental: Taiwan.

Poecilosomella curvipes Papp, 2002a: 123 [male, key]. Type locality: Taiwan, Ilan Hsien, Fu-shan. HT male (HNHM).

Poecilosomella duploseriata Papp, 2010 . Distr.: Afrotropical: South Africa.

Poecilosomella duploseriata Papp, 2010: 29 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: South Africa, Natal. HT male (HNHM).

Poecilosomella formosana Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Oriental: Bangladesh, Indonesia (Java), Japan (Okinawa), Laos, Malaysia (Malaya, Borneo), Nepal, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam.

Poecilosomella formosana Papp, 2002a: 124 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Taiwan, Ilan Hsien, Fushan. HT male (HNHM). – HAYASHI (2006c): 101 [new records from Bangladesh, Indonesia (Java), Japan (Ryukyu I.), Laos, Malaysia (Malaya, Borneo), Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam].

Poecilosomella furcata ( Duda, 1925) . Distr.: Oriental: China (HAI, YUN), Malaysia (Sabah), Taiwan, Vietnam.

Poecilosomella furcata . – PAPP (2002a): 116 [new record from Malaysia (Sabah)]; DONG et al. (2006): 646 [key, redescription, new record from China, illustr.].

Poecilosomella guangdongensis Dong, Yang & Hayashi, 2006 . Distr.: Oriental: China (GDO).

Poecilosomella guangdongensis Dong, Yang & Hayashi, 2006: 652 (male, key, illustr.). Type locality: China, Guangdong, Nanling National Nature Reserve. HT male (BAUC).

Poecilosomella hayashii Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Oriental: Philippines.

Poecilosomella hayashii Papp, 2002a:125 [female, key]. Type locality: Philippines, Negros, Cuernos de Negros, 7 km W Valencia [700 m]. HT female (ROME).

Poecilosomella kittenbergeri Papp, 2010 . Distr.: Afrotropical: Tanzania, Uganda.

Poecilosomella kittenbergeri Papp, 2010: 19 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: Tanzania, Kibosho, 1,600 m. HT male (HNHM).

Poecilosomella longecostata . – PAPP (1990b): 145 (in part., misidentification).

Poecilosomella longicalcar Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Oriental: Taiwan.

Poecilosomella longicalcar Papp, 2002a: 126 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Taiwan, Nantou Hsien, Meifeng [2,130 m]. HT male (CMNH).

Poecilosomella longichaeta Dong, Yang & Hayashi, 2007 . Distr.: Oriental: China (GXI).

Poecilosomella longichaeta Dong, Yang & Hayashi., 2007a: 331 [male, illust.]. Type locality: China, Guangxi, Nonggang. HT male (BAUC).

Poecilosomella longinervis ( Duda, 1925) . Distr.: Oriental: Burma, China (FUL, GDO, HUB, TIB, YUN, ZHE), India (Mizoram, Uttaranchal), Malaysia (Sabah), Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan.

Poecilosomella longinervis . – PAPP (2002a):116 [new records from Malaysia (Sabah) and Pakistan]; DONG et al. (2006): 647 [key, redescription, illustr.]. Note. Not Afrotropical; record from Zaire is misidentification.

Poecilosomella meijerei ( Duda, 1925) . Distr.: Oriental: Indonesia (Java, Sumatra).

Poecilosomella meijerei . – PAPP (2002a): 116 [taxonomical notes, illustr., new record from Sumatra].

Poecilosomella mirabilis Vanschuytbroeck, 1951 . Distr.: Afrotropical: Nigeria, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Zaire.

Poecilosomella mirabilis . – PAPP (2010): 23 [new record from Togo].

Poecilosomella multipunctata ( Duda, 1925) . Distr.: Oriental: India, Indonesia (Flores, Lombok, Sumbawa), Malaysia (Sabah), Philippines (Luzon, Mindoro, Palawan), Taiwan.

Poecilosomella multipunctata . – PAPP (2002a): 117 [new record from Malaysia (Sabah)].

Poecilosomella nepalensis (Deeming, 1969) . Distr.: Oriental: Nepal, India (West Bengal), Pakistan.

Poecilosomella nepalensis . – PAPP (2002a): 117 [new record from Pakistan].

Poecilosomella nigra Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Oriental: Sri Lanka, Taiwan.

Poecilosomella nigra Papp, 2002a: 129 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Taiwan, Pingtung Hsien, Kenting, Heng-Chun Tropical Botanical Garden. HT male (HNHM).

Poecilosomella occulta Papp, 2010 . Distr.: Afrotropical: South Africa.

Poecilosomella occulta Papp, 2010:21 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: South Africa, Eastern Cape Province. HT male (HNHM).

Poecilosomella ornata (de Meijere, 1908) . Distr.: Oriental: Indonesia (Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra), Laos, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan.

Limosina ornata de Meijere, 1908: 177 .

Limosina venalicia var. ornata . – DE MEIJERE (1918): 323 [incorrect synonymy].

Leptocera (Poecilosomella) borboroides . – DEEMING (1964): 166 [incorrect synonymy].

Poecilosomella ornata . – PAPP (2002a):113 [restitution from synonymy, key, illustr., new records from Indonesia (Kalimantan, Sumatra)]. – HAYASHI (2006c): 102 [new records from Laos, Singapore, Sri Lanka].

Poecilosomella paraciculata Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Oriental: Indonesia (Sumatra).

Poecilosomella paraciculata Papp, 2002a: 131 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Indonesia, W. Sumatra, Kerinci-Seblat National Park, trail to L. Tujuh [1,640 m]. HT male (ROME).

Poecilosomella paracryptica Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Oriental: Malaysia (Sabah).

Poecilosomella paracryptica Papp, 2002a: 133 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Malaysia, Sabah, Kinabalu National Park, Headquarters area [1,560 m]. HT male (USNM).

Poecilosomella parangulata Papp, 2010 . Distr.: Afrotropical: South Africa.

Poecilosomella parangulata Papp, 2010: 24 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: South Africa, Eastern Cape Province. HT male (HNHM).

Poecilosomella pallidimana ( Duda, 1925) . Distr.: Afrotropical: South Africa, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zimbabwe, Madagascar.

Poecilosomella pallidimana . – PAPP (2010): 14 [redescription, both sexes, illustr., new record from South Africa].

Poecilosomella peniculifera Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Oriental: Indonesia (Sumatra).

Poecilosomella peniculifera Papp, 2002a:134 [both sexes, key]. Type locality: Indonesia, W. Sumatra, Kerinci- Seblat National Park, trail to L. Tujuh [1,640 m]. HT male (ROME).

Poecilosomella picturata (Malloch, 1913) . Distr.: Oriental: Malaysia (Malaya, Borneo), Philippines.

Limosina picturata . – DUDA (1925): 88 [incorrect synonymy with Leptocera (Poecilosomella) ornata (de Meijere, 1908) ].

Poecilosomella picturata . – PAPP (2002a): 115 [restitution from synonymy, key, illustr.]; HAYASHI (2006c): 102 [new records from Malaysia (Malaya, Borneo)].

Poecilosomella pilimana Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Oriental: Indonesia (Sumatra).

Poecilosomella pilimana Papp, 2002a: 135 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Indonesia, Sumatra, Gunung Leuser National Park, Ketambe Research Station [350 m]. HT male (ROME).

Poecilosomella pilipino Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Oriental: Philippines.

Poecilosomella pilipino Papp, 2002a: 137 [male, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Philippines, Negros, Cuernos de Negros, 7 km W Valencia [700 m]. HT male (ROME).

Poecilosomella punctipennis (Wiedemann, 1824) . Distr.: Australasian / Oceanian: American Samoa,? Australia (QLD),? Guam ( USA), Fiji, French Polynesia, Hawaii ( USA), Indonesia (Irian Jaya),? Micronesia (Yap Is.), New Caledonia,? Niue,? Palau ( USA), Papua New Guinea, Tonga; Oriental: Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Japan (Okinawa), Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines (Leyte), Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam. Palaearctic: China (FUJ, GDO, HKG, Macao), Japan. Note. All records published prior to 2002 are doubtful (see HAYASHI 2002 and PAPP 2002a: 118 ) and all Afrotropical records are based on misidentifications.

Poecilosomella punctipennis . – HAYASHI (2002): 121 [new records from Bangladesh, Malaysia, Pakistan]; PAPP (2002a): 118 [new records from French Polynesia, Indonesia]; DONG et al. (2006): 649 [key, redescription, new record from China, illustr.]; GERLACH (2009): 387 [misrecorded from Seychelles].

Poecilosomella rectinervis ( Duda, 1925) . Distr.: Oriental: Burma, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Taiwan.

Poecilosomella rectinervis . – PAPP (2002a): 118 [new records from Indonesia (Sumatra) and Taiwan].

Poecilosomella ronkayi Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Oriental: Taiwan.

Poecilosomella ronkayi Papp, 2002a: 139 [male, key]. Type locality: Taiwan, Ilan Hsien, Fu-Sahn. HT male (HNHM).

Poecilosomella sabahi Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Oriental: Malaysia (Sabah).

Poecilosomella sabahi Papp, 2002a:140 [male, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Malaysia, Sabah, Kinabalu National Park, Poring [570 m]. HT male (USNM).

Poecilosomella setimanus Papp, 2010 . Distr.: Afrotropical: Congo.

Poecilosomella setimanus Papp, 2010: 33 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: Congo, Brazzaville. HT male (HNHM).

Poecilosomella setosissima Papp, 2010 . Distr.: Afrotropical: South Africa.

Poecilosomella setosissima Papp, 2010: 35 [both sexes, illustr.]. Type locality: South Africa, Eastern Cape Province. HT male (HNHM).

Poecilosomella spinicauda Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Australasian / Oceanian: French Polynesia (Tahiti), Tonga; Oriental: Philippines.

Poecilosomella spinicauda Papp, 2002a: 141 [both sexes, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Philippines, Negros, Cuernos de Negros, 7 km W Valencia [700 m]. HT male (ROME).

Poecilosomella spinipes Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Oriental: Indonesia (Sumatra).

Poecilosomella spinipes Papp, 2002a:143 [both sexes, key]. Type locality: Indonesia, Sumatra, Gunung Leuser National Park, Ketambe Research Station [350 m]. HT male (ROME).

Poecilosomella subpilimana Papp, 2002 . Distr.: Oriental: Indonesia (Sumatra).

Poecilosomella subpilimana Papp, 2002a: 145 [male, key, illustr.]. Type locality: Indonesia, Sumatra, Kerinci- Seblat National Park, trail to L. Tujuh [1,640 m]. HT male (ROME).

Poecilosomella tridens Dong, Yang & Hayashi, 2007 . Distr.: Oriental: China (YUN).

Poecilosomella tridens Dong, Yang & Hayashi., 2007a: 332 [male, phylogeny notes, illustr.]. Type locality: China, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Mengla, Wangtianshu. HT male (BAUC).