Dicharax politus (W.T. Blanford, 1865)

Fig. 62K–O

Alycaeus politus W.T. Blanford, 1865: 83–84 .

Alycaeus politus – Sowerby 1877: pl. 5, species 39. — Godwin-Austen 1914: 422, pl. 139 figs 5, 5a. — Gude 1921: 214–215.

Alycaeus (Alycaeus) politus – Kobelt 1902: 348.

Dicharax politus – Páll-Gergely et al. 2020: 71.

Diagnosis

This species is characterized by a glossy, depressed shell, a finely ribbed R2, a strongly inflated, long R3 swelling, and a deep constriction between R2 and R3. See also under D. dalingensis, D. lenticulus, D. nattoungensis and D. nongtungensis .

Type material examined

MYANMAR • 3 probable syntypes (Fig. 62K–O); Phungdo, Arakan; Blanford coll.; NHMUK 1906.4.4.178 .

Type locality

“Phuong do, near Cape Negrais, Arakan ”.