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Author
Webb, Michael D.
Author
Viraktamath, Chandra A.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2009-07-20
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journal article
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Deltocephalus brunnescens
Distant
(
Fig. 9
). Comb. revived.
Deltocephalus brunnescens
Distant, 1908: 388
,
India
.
Deltocephalus
(
Recilia
)
brunnescens
(Distant)
,
Dash & Viraktamath, 1998: 7
(in key).
Deltocephalus bapatlensis
Jacob & Rao
in
Jacob, Rao and Chalam, 2004: 187–190
, figs 1–9.
Syn. nov.
Material examined.
India
:
2♀
,
Pusa
H.M.
Lefroy
;
2♀
,
Surat
, H.M.
Lefroy
(all
syntypes
Deltocephalus brunnescens
)
.
Sri Lanka
:
5♂
,
3♀
, M. Wilson. All BMNH.
Remarks
: The aedeagal shaft is very variable in this species with respect to its width in lateral view and the presence or absence of a spine on the ventral margin (compare
Figs 9k and 9q
). However, as both forms can occur in the same population (in this case the series from
Sri Lanka
), they are regarded as a single species.