Metopina ventralis Schmitz

(Figs 30–32)

Metopina ventralis Schmitz, 1927: 245

Material. 1 female, 1 male, Indonesia, Sulawesi-Utara, Dumoga-Bone National Park, edge of Toraut Forest, Malaise trap, 24 February–2 March 1985, R. H. L. Disney (UCZM, 16-17); 2 males, Dumoga irrigation project, Toraut, rice paddy, Malaise trap, 10–19 August 1985, A. Kirk-Spriggs (National Museum of Wales, 19-92); 1 female, Lake Mala, 0o44’N, 124o27’E, 1080 m, 10–12 September 1985, A. Kirk-Spriggs (National Museum of Wales, 19-87). 1 female, Malaysia, Sabah, Tawau, Maliau Basin, tributary of Maliau River, 0 4o 44’32.1”N, 116o58’14.5”E, 220 m, Malaise trap, 11–15 December 2007, B. Viklund & N Jönsson ((Swedish Museum of Natural History, 20-15). Also occurs in the Afrotropical and Australasian Regions.

Unidentified males

The following males not yet associated with their females are deposited in Cambridge Museum of Zoology (UCZM). One species from Java, one from Penang, two from the Philippines and five from Sulawesi.