Maiestas tareni (Dash & Viraktamath)

(Fig. 5)

Deltocephalus (Recilia) tareni Dash & Viraktamath, 1995: 74–76, figs 1–15; Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 16, figs 78–84. Maiestas tareni, Webb & Viraktamath, 2009: 22, comb. nov.; Khatri & Webb, 2010: 11, plate 2d, fig. 11; Naveed et al., 2019:

290, figs 2G–I, 3N–O).

Material examined. Pakistan: Punjab: 1♂, Islamabad, 33°42′34.3908 N, 73°9′27.0144 E, sweep net, 26 July 2019, coll. Bismillah Shah (AAU) ; 1♂ Rawalpindi, viii.1985, C. & L. O’Brien (BMNH) .

Distribution. Pakistan, China, India.

Remarks. This species can be distinguished by its relatively straight and stout style apical apophysis with serrated inner margin and by the aedeagus in lateral view evenly tapered from base to apex and relatively straight. Some slight differences are shown between the specimens studied here (Figs 5A–H, Punjab) and between some published figures (Figs 5I–T) and the original description (Figs 5U–Z), suggesting that more than one species may be present.