Dicharax globulus (Godwin-Austen, 1874)

Fig. 43A–E

Alycaeus globulus Godwin-Austen, 1874: 147–148, pl. 3 fig. 4.

Alycaeus (Dicharax) globulus – Kobelt 1902: 371. — Gude 1921: 254.

Alycaeus globulus – Godwin-Austen 1914: 392, pl. 144 figs 4, 4a–b.

Chamalycaeus (Dicharax) globulus – Ramakrishna et al. 2010: 60.

Dicharax (?) globulus – Páll-Gergely et al. 2020: 63.

Diagnosis

Differs from all congeners by the deep longitudinal grooves of the R3.

Type material examined

INDIA • 13 syntypes (Fig. 43A–E); Phunggum, Lahupa Naga Hills, Munipur; NHMUK 1903.7.1.2486 .

Type locality

“Phunggum, a Naga village at head of the Lanier valley, at 5,000 feet ”.

Remarks

It appears that the outer peristome of this species is situated close to the R3 swelling. Such extended space between the inner and outer peristomes is visible in other species as well, and most extreme in the cases of D. bicrenatus, D. digitatus, D. rugosus and D. umbiclausus . However, in D. globulus the relatively large area between the two peristomes bears deep longitudinal grooves between the aperture and the R3 swelling.