Saccharodite basipunctulata (Melichar, 1914), 1981

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 128-129

Saccharodite basipunctulata (Melichar, 1914)

Rhotana basipunctulata Melichar, 1914b: 438

Malpa appressa Metcalf, 1954: 11 , synonymised by Zelazny, 1981: 240

Saccharodite (Genestiella) trocmus Fennah, 1970: 66 , synonymised by Zelazny, 1981: 240

Saccharodite basipunctulata (Melichar) Zelazny, 1981: 240–244

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Etymology. The species name is a Latin adjective (basipunctulatus, -a, -um = dotted at the base).

Type material. R. basipunctulata , holotype ♀, PHILIPPINES, Laguna Prov., Los Baños, Baker ( MMBC) ; M. appressa , holotype ♀, MICRONESIA, Truk Ils., Dublou I., 21.XII.1935, sweeping, Z. Ono, coll'r. ( BPBM, # 2751); S. (Genestiella) trocmus , holotype ♂ (not examined), SOLOMON ISLANDS, Rennell I., Niupani, 29 Aug. 1962, Noona Dan. Exp. ( ZMUC) .

Additional material examined. MYANMAR: Assam-Bhutan Frontier, Mangaldai , dist. N.E., 27.XII.1910, 1 ♂, S.W. Kemp ( BMNH) ; MICRONESIA: PALAU ISLANDS: Babelthuap: Ngaremeskang , 25–30 m, 20, 21.XII.1952, 2 ♀, J.L. Gressitt ; E. Ngatpang, 65 m, 10.XII.1952, 1 ♂, Gressitt . TRUK ISLANDS : Tol I., Mt. Uniböt , 390 m, 30.XII.1952, 2,5. I.1953, 1 ♂ 2 ♀ Gressitt (all BPBM) ; SOLOMON ISLANDS: Guadalcanal Popomanasiu 4.400' 9-10.xi.65 Hunuvalekama Malaise trap ( BMNH) ; INDONESIA: NORTH SULAWESI: Tangkoko Nat. Park, Gunung Tangkoko , 50 m, X, XI.1985, 10 ♀ R . Bosmans and J. van Stalle ( IRSNB) ; AUSTRALIA: Queensland, Kurunda , IV.1904, 2 ♀, F.P. Dodd ( BMNH) .

Distribution. Philippines, Sumatra, Borneo, Maluku Islands, New Guinea, New Britain, New Ireland, Solomon Islands, Australia (Queensland), Micronesia ( Truk Isl., Palau Isl.), West Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka.

Remarks. This species has been reviewed earlier ( Zelazny, 1981). The additional specimens examined extend the range of this very common and widely distributed species. In general these specimens show the colour variation described earlier. However, additional, unusual colour forms have been noticed which include: a specimen from Truk Isl. without any orange sections on the forewing veins, specimens from North Sulawesi with a bright red mark on the dorsal side of the abdomen, as well as with the last subcostal sector of the forewings broadly lined with red.