Bensonella nordsiecki Jirapatrasilp & Tongkerd, 2024

Figs 39 R, 76, 100

Bensonella nordsiecki Jirapatrasilp & Tongkerd in Jirapatrasilp et al. 2024: 91–93, fig. 3.

Type material examined.

Thailand • holotype; 27. May 1997, S. Panha, J. B. Burch, P. Dumrongrojwattana leg.; CUMZ 14372 .

Type locality.

“ Doi Chiang Dao, Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary, Chiang Dao District, Chiang Mai province, Thailand (19°22′046.3″N, 098°51′08.1″E, 2,015 m. a. m. s. l.) ”.

Differential diagnosis.

This species is much more ovoid (less slender and triangular) than Bensonella dracula sp. nov. which also has a strong second palatal tubercle (very weak or absent in B. nordsiecki). The umbilicus is wider in B. dracula sp. nov. See also under B. obex sp. nov.

Distribution.

This species is known only from the type locality, with an altitude range from 605 m to 2015 m.