Platymetopius fidelis (Distant, 1918) (Fig. 1A–H)

Mahalana fidelis Distant, 1918:63 . Type locality: India.

Platymetopius fidelis (Distant, 1918): Webb & Godoy, 1993:424; Viraktamath & Yeshwanth, 2017:48.

Material examined. Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, 1♂, Paras, 34°39'6.0408"N, 73°26'50.9028"E, 12-viii-2019, Sweeping hand net, coll. Bismillah Shah.

Measurements. Body length male (this study): 4.7 mm; Viraktamath & Yeshwanth (2017): 6.3 mm.

Diagnosis. Body color yellowish-brown, mottled with dark brown patches and whitish or smoky spots on pronotum and forewings (Figs 1A–B). Frontoclypeus with faded white transverse streaks (Fig. 1D). Pronotum almost twice longer than vertex median length (Figs 1A, 1C). Gena usually with a small, dark dot near the lorum (Fig. 1D). Forewings longer than abdomen, and as long as the hind wings (Figs 1A–B). Subgenital plate longer than pygofer (Fig. 1E). Aedeagus broad at base in dorsal view, shaft cylindrical with apex truncate; a pair of lateral appendages arising near the basal portion of shaft; appendages longer than shaft, uniformly curved dorsally (Figs 1G–H). For detailed description, see Viraktamath & Yeshwanth (2017).

Distribution. Pakistan, India (Distant, 1918; Viraktamath & Yeshwanth, 2017).