Paramesodes lineaticollis (Distant)

Figs 9-11

Paramesodes lineaticollis (Distant, 1908: 294, Paramesus) (India); Wilson 1983: 21, 22, figs 23-29.

Paramesodes ishurdii Mahmood & Meher, 1973: 135 (Pakistan), synonymized by Wilson 1983: 21.

Materials examined.

♂, Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Shinkiari, 34°28'19.1064"N, 73°16'14.3004"E, 22.07.2018, Bismillah Shah leg., sweep net .

Distribution.

Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Turkey.

Diagnosis.

The male pygofer processes is distinct, directed ventrally or postero-ventrally over basal half, and turned abruptly posteriorly immediately distad of its midlength. Mahmood and Meher (1973) reported this species as P. ishurdii for the first time from Pakistan, but that species was later synonymized by Wilson (1983).