cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Hydraena
Creators: name: Freitag, Hendrik
name: Jäch, Manfred A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
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Hydraenidae
Hydraena

description: Hydraena (Hydraenopsis) sp. 3
(Figs. 28 b–d)
Material examined. 1 Ψ (NMW): “ PHIL.: Palawan, P.Princesa; mountain stream 2km SE Laptay/Napsan, semi-prim.forest, 9°43'N 118°28' E 29.3.1995, leg. Freitag (23)M”; 1 Ψ (NMW): “ Philippines, Palawan central Tarabanan river, ca. 13 km N San Rafael, ca. 30 m 7. XII. 1995, Kodada & Rigová lgt.”.
Diagnosis. Body approximately 1.45 mm long; habitus as in Fig. 14; elytra and clypeus brown; frons dark brown, almost black; legs and maxillary palpi pale brown; pronotum with broad transverse dark brown band (from anterior 0.3 to posterior 0.2), reaching lateral margins; anterior and posterior margins of pronotum distinctly paler (Fig. 14).
Pronotum about 1.1 times as wide as long, broadest at the middle; disc densely punctate, interstices glabrous; lateral portions less regularly punctate; lateral margins anteriorly slightly convergent, posteriorly sinuate; lateral rim posteriorly inconspicuously denticulate; anterior margin bisinuate; posterior margin convex, slightly narrower than posterior margin; pronoto-elytral angle obtuse.
Elytra elongately oval, apically not conjointly rounded, with approximately 16 longitudinal, rather irregular rows of inconspicuous micropunctures; interstices and intervals slightly convex, glabrous to microreticulate; apical rim inconspicuously denticulate; lateral portion narrow, reaching ca. posterior 0.25; inflexed lateral portion short (reaching ca. posterior 0.3).
Gonocoxite (Fig. 28 b) subcircular, apically slightly acuminate; margin between apical and basal area not defined; not pubescent, except for a few setae near almost contiguous subapical tufts, which are placed on semicircular discoidal elevation; condyles absent; dorsal plate simple, not surpassing proximal rim of ventral plate, without cavity.
Female tergite X similar to Hydraena kodadai, but more densely setose; hyaline apical margin very slightly emarginate, not notched.
Spermatheca as in Figs. 28 c–d.
Discussion. Undoubtedly, this single female represents an unknown species that can be distinguished from the other known Palawan and Busuanga species by its remarkable gonocoxite. Externally, it differs from the two other species with similar body size, Hydraena scabra and H. hosiwergi, in the slender habitus, and several other characters. However, due to lack of males we refrain from a formal description.
Distribution (Fig. 31). This species was collected from two localities in central Palawan: 1) Tarabanan River, ca. 30 m a.s.l., ca. 13 km north of San Rafael, Conception district; 2) forest stream 2 km south-east of Laptay, Napsan district.
description: Published as part of Freitag, Hendrik & Jäch, Manfred A., 2007, Revision of the species of Hydraena Kugelann (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) from Palawan and Busuanga, with descriptions of eleven new species, and redescription of Hydraena (Hydraenopsis) scabra d'Orchymont, 1925, pp. 1-44 in Zootaxa 1431 on pages 39-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.175790
Heilus asperulus Kuschel
Creators: name: Lira, Aline De Oliveira
name: Sousa, Wesley Oliveira De
name: Rosado-Neto, Germano Henrique
name: Santos, Geane Brizzola Dos
name: Marques, Marinêz Isaac
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Curculionidae
Heilus
Heilus asperulus

description: Heilus asperulus (Erichson, 1847)
(Fig. 13)
Heilipus asperulus Erichson, 1847:130 (description); Blackwelder 1947:817 (checklist).
Hilipus asperulus: Gemminger & Harold 1871:2425 (catalog); Dalla Torre et al. 1932:26 (catalog).
Heilus asperulus: Kuschel 1955:297 (combination); Wibmer & O’Brien 1986:144 (checklist).
Type material. Heilipus asperulus Erichson, 1847: we examined the images of three paratypes (Fig. 13), one bearing the following labels “43908; Peru mont. Thomm.; Paratypus; Heilipus asperulus Er. ”, and two specimens bearing the following labels “33444; Peru mont., Philippi.; asperulus Er.; Type; Berlin, Heilus asperulus (Erichson) Kuschel det. 1960; Hist.- Coll. (Coleoptera), Nr. 33444, Heilipus asperulus —Er. X, Peru mont., Philippi, Zool. Mus. Berlin; SYNTYPE Heilipus asperulus Erichson, 1847 labelled by MFNB 2017” and “Berlin; Hist.- Coll. (Coleoptera), Nr. 33444, Heilipus asperulus —Er. x, Peru mont., Philippi, Zool. Mus. Berlin; SYNTYPE Heilipus asperulus Erichson, 1847 labelled by MFNB 2017”.
Diagnosis. Bright black integument, and ferruginous tarsus. Body densely covered with yellowish setae, with uneven clusters of dark setae, forming small macula scattered over the elytra, and a larger velvelty black macula in the middle of interstria 4; pronotum with oblique granules on the sides and moderately transverse on the pronotal disc, elytra with transverse granules, more concentrated in the basal third.
Geographical distribution. We did not examine any specimens of this species. Wibmer & O’Brien (1986) mentioned that this species occurs only in Peru (type locality); however, more recently, Rheinheimer (2010) recorded it in French Guiana.
Associated plants. Unknown.
Remarks. Heilus asperulus differs from the other Heilus species by the presence of a velvet black median macula on the elytra and longer body size (10.6 mm).
description: Published as part of Lira, Aline De Oliveira, Sousa, Wesley Oliveira De, Rosado-Neto, Germano Henrique, Santos, Geane Brizzola Dos & Marques, Marinêz Isaac, 2020, A review of the South American species of Heilus Kuschel, 1955 (Curculionidae Molytinae: Molytini: Hylobiina) with emphasis on those from Brazil, pp. 151-187 in Zootaxa 4861 (2) on pages 173-175, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4414684
Heilus inornatus
Creators: name: Lira, Aline De Oliveira
name: Sousa, Wesley Oliveira De
name: Rosado-Neto, Germano Henrique
name: Santos, Geane Brizzola Dos
name: Marques, Marinêz Isaac
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Heilus
Heilus inornatus

description: Heilus inornatus (Kirsch, 1874)
(Fig. 14)
Heilipus inornatus Kirsch, 1874:400 (description); Blackwelder 1947:818 (checklist).
Hilipus inornatus: Dalla Torre et al. 1932:31 (catalog).
Heilus inornatus: Kuschel 1955:297 (combination); Wibmer & O’Brien 1986:145 (checklist).
Type Material. Heilipus inornatus Kirsch, 1874: we examined the images of the holotype (Fig. 14), undetermined sex, bearing the following label “Pozuzu Kirsch; Type; H9H; Staatl. Museum fur Tierkunde, Dresden; Heilipus inornatus Ksch ”, deposited in the SGND.
Diagnosis. Bright black integument; body densely covered with yellow setae, without apparent macula; pronotum with subparallel sides, 1.5 times wider than long; pronotum and pronotal disc with oblique and transverse granules, elytra with granules transverse at base and remote and smaller at apex.
Geographical distribution. We did not examine any specimens of this species. Little is known about the geographical distribution of H. inornatus. The only information available is that it occurs in Bolivia and Peru (Wibmer & O’Brien 1986).
Associated plants. Unknown.
Remarks. Heilus inornatus differs from the other Heilus species in the absence of macula or clusters of bristles on the elytra, with a homogeneous and dense coating of yellow bristles on the pronotum and in the elytral interstria.
description: Published as part of Lira, Aline De Oliveira, Sousa, Wesley Oliveira De, Rosado-Neto, Germano Henrique, Santos, Geane Brizzola Dos & Marques, Marinêz Isaac, 2020, A review of the South American species of Heilus Kuschel, 1955 (Curculionidae Molytinae: Molytini: Hylobiina) with emphasis on those from Brazil, pp. 151-187 in Zootaxa 4861 (2) on page 175, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4414684
Heilus admixtus
Creators: name: Lira, Aline De Oliveira
name: Sousa, Wesley Oliveira De
name: Rosado-Neto, Germano Henrique
name: Santos, Geane Brizzola Dos
name: Marques, Marinêz Isaac
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
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Heilus
Heilus admixtus

description: Heilus admixtus (Hustache, 1938)
(Fig. 16)
Heilipus admixtus Hustache, 1938:335 (description); Blackwelder 1947:817 (catalog).
Heilus admixtus: Kuschel 1955:297 (combination); Wibmer & O’Brien 1986:145 (checklist).
Type material. Heilipus admixtus Hustache, 1938: we examined the images of a syntype (Fig. 16), bearing the following label “Amazon.; Coll. Pape; H. admixtus in.; ♀; Type; Museum Paris 1949, Coll. A. Hustache; SYNTYPE; SYNTYPE, Heilus admixtuxs (Hustache, 1938); MNHN EC 9703”.
Diagnosis. Dark reddish integument, bright. Body covered with dark, sparse setae on pronotal disc, near elytral suture; with yellowish scales, surrounded by white scales forming clusters on sides of pronotum and elytra from interstria 4, irregular band of yellowish scales at apex of elytra, band of white and slightly dense scales anterior to prosternum; granules oblique, slightly elevated on pronotal disc, rounded on sides, moderately transverse granules not elevated in interstriae.
Geographical distribution. We did not examine any specimens of this species. This species is known only from the type locality, Amazonas, Brazil (Wibmer & O’Brien 1986).
Associated plants. Unknown.
Remarks. Heilus admixtus resembles H. tuberculosus by the pattern of scales on the prosternum and is distinguished from the other Heilus species by the shape of the elytra, flat in the middle, and by the wide range of scales covering the apex of the elytra.
description: Published as part of Lira, Aline De Oliveira, Sousa, Wesley Oliveira De, Rosado-Neto, Germano Henrique, Santos, Geane Brizzola Dos & Marques, Marinêz Isaac, 2020, A review of the South American species of Heilus Kuschel, 1955 (Curculionidae Molytinae: Molytini: Hylobiina) with emphasis on those from Brazil, pp. 151-187 in Zootaxa 4861 (2) on page 177, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4414684
Durckheimia De Man
Creators: name: Ahyong, Shane T.
name: Brown, Diane E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Durckheimia

description: Key to species of Durckheimia De Man
1 Carapace without longitudinal median carina. Third maxilliped with 2­segmented palp .................................................................................................................. D. besutensis
– Carapace with longitudinal median carina. Third maxilliped with 3­segmented palp.. 2
2 Median carina of carapace blunt, broad, indistinct on anterior third of carapace........... ................................................................................................................... D. carinipes
– Median carina of carapace thin, cristate, distinct for almost full length of carapace, commencing anteriorly from base of median frontal notch .......................................... 3
3 Median carina of carapace entire, uninterrupted ............................................. D. caeca
– Median carina of carapace interrupted by dorsal notch ................................................ 4
4 Frontal margin of carapace rounded; with broad, U­shaped median notch. Third maxilliped dactylus exceeding apex of propodus; proximal ¾ of inner margin of ischiomerus concave ............................................................................................ D. yokotai
– Frontal margin of carapace transverse; with narrow median notch. Third maxilliped dactylus not exceeding apex of propodus; proximal ¾ of inner margin of ischiomerus straight .............................................................................................................. D. lochi
description: Published as part of Ahyong, Shane T. & Brown, Diane E., 2003, Description of Durckheimia lochi n. sp., with an annotated checklist of Australian Pinnotheridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 254 on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156571
Ostracotheres holothuriensis Baker 1907
Creators: name: Ahyong, Shane T.
name: Brown, Diane E.
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Year: 2003
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Ostracotheres
Ostracotheres holothuriensis

description: Ostracotheres holothuriensis (Baker, 1907)
Pinnoteres holothuriensis Baker, 1907: 177, 178, pl. 23: fig 3 [type locality: St. Vincent’s Gulf, South Australia].
Pinnoteres obesa. — Fulton & Grant, 1906: 18. [Not P. obesa Dana, 1852].
Pinnotheres obesus. — Schmitt et al., 1973: 60. — Davie, 2002: 433 –434. [Not P. o b e s a Dana, 1852].
Ostracotheres (?) (‘ Pinnotheres ’) holothuriensis. — Tesch, 1918: 287.
Pinnotheres holothuriensis. — Hale, 1927b: 174, fig. 175. — Schmitt et al., 1973: 49 –50. — Davie, 2002: 433.
Ostracotheres holothuriensis. — Pregenzer, 1988: 21 –28, figs. 10–16,12a, 17–19.
Material. VIC: AM G5724, 1 male (cw 5.2 mm, cl 5.5 mm), Shoreham, dredged, F. Grant, 1900. TAS: AM P2968, 1 male (cw 4.5 mm, cl 4.5 mm), Hobart, C. Harrison; AM P4047, 1 female (cw 12.6 mm, cl 13.6 mm), E of Schouten Id., 73–92 m, C. Harrison, 1910.
Australian hosts. Holothurians, ascidians (Baker 1907). Ascidian Herdmania momus (Savigny, 1816) (Pregenzer 1988).
Remarks. The single primary record of Pinnotheres obesus Dana, 1852 from Australia by Fulton & Grant (1906) from Shoreham, Victoria, is based on Ostracotheres holothuriensis (AM G5724). Subsequent published listings of P. o b e s u s from Australia (i.e. Schmitt et al. 1973, Davie 2002) are based on Fulton & Grant (1906).
Distribution. South Australia and New South Wales (Pregenzer 1988); now from Victoria and Tasmania.
description: Published as part of Ahyong, Shane T. & Brown, Diane E., 2003, Description of Durckheimia lochi n. sp., with an annotated checklist of Australian Pinnotheridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 254 on pages 11-12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156571
Ostracotheres subglobosus Baker 1907
Creators: name: Ahyong, Shane T.
name: Brown, Diane E.
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Year: 2003
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Ostracotheres
Ostracotheres subglobosus

description: Ostracotheres subglobosus (Baker, 1907)
Pinnoteres subglobosa Baker, 1907: 179 [type locality: St. Vincent’s Gulf, South Australia].
Ostracotheres (?) (‘ Pinnotheres ’) subglobosus. — Tesch, 1918: 287 (list).
Pinnotheres subglobosa. — Rathbun, 1923: 96 –97, fig. 1, pl. 16, text fig 1. — Hale, 1927a: 312; 1927b: 173–174, fig. 174. — Sakai, 1939: 597.
Pinnotheres subglobosus. — Schmitt et al., 1973: 88. — Davie, 2002: 434.
Ostracotheres subglobosus. — Pregenzer, 1988: 17 –21, figs. 1–9.
Ostracotheres subquadratus Sakai, 1939: 596 –597, fig. 82 [type locality: Ise Bay, Japan].
Australian hosts. Bivalve molluscs. ‘Pectens’ (Baker 1907). Spondylus tenellus Reeve, 1856 (Spondylidae) Equichlamys bifrons (Lamarck, 1819) (as Chlamys bifrons) (Pectinidae), Modiolus sp. (as Modiolaria australis) (Mytilidae) (Hale 1927b). Pecten fumatus Reeve, 1852 (as Notovola meridionalis Tate) (Pectinidae) (Pregenzer, 1988).
Remarks. Pregenzer (1988) synonymised O. subquadratus from Japan with O. subglobosus from South Australia after comparing Japanese and South Australian material. The resulting disjunct distribution of O. subglobosus is suspect, particularly since no records exist of the species from intermediate localities. Whether the two nominal species are distinct, or whether the disjunct distribution is the result of human introduction to one or other region remains to be tested. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, O. subquadratus is retained in the synonymy of O. subglobosus.
Distribution. South Australia and Japan (Pregenzer 1988).
description: Published as part of Ahyong, Shane T. & Brown, Diane E., 2003, Description of Durckheimia lochi n. sp., with an annotated checklist of Australian Pinnotheridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 254 on page 12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156571
Pinnotheres cardii Burger 1895
Creators: name: Ahyong, Shane T.
name: Brown, Diane E.
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Year: 2003
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Pinnotheres
Pinnotheres cardii

description: Pinnotheres cardii Bürger, 1895
Pinnotheres cardii Bürger, 1895: 367, pl. 9: figs. 4–5, pl. 10: fig 4 [type locality: Burias Philippines]. — Rathbun, 1924: 14, 15, pl. 1: fig. 9, figs. 5, 6. — Davie, 1998: 100; 2002: 432.
Australian hosts. Bivalve molluscs, Pinnidae. Pinna bicolor Gmelin, 1791 (Rathbun 1924).
Distribution. Gulf of Thailand, the Philippines, India, Australia. The Australian range includes Broome, Western Australia (Rathbun 1924) and central east Queensland (Davie 1998, 2002).
description: Published as part of Ahyong, Shane T. & Brown, Diane E., 2003, Description of Durckheimia lochi n. sp., with an annotated checklist of Australian Pinnotheridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 254 on page 12, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156571
Pinnotheres edwardsi
Creators: name: Ahyong, Shane T.
name: Brown, Diane E.
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Year: 2003
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Pinnotheres
Pinnotheres edwardsi

description: Pinnotheres edwardsi de Man, 1888
Pinnotheres Edwardsi de Man, 1888: 103, pl. 6: figs. 6–9 [type locality: King Island Bay, Mergui Archipelago].
Pinnotheres edwardsi. — Montgomery, 1931: 406, 450–451. — Gordon, 1936: 166. — Jones, 1990: 202. — Davie, 2002: 432.
Material. QLD: AM P5203, 1 female (cw 6.9 mm, cl 6.0 mm), Palm Id., 18°40’S, 146°33’E, from cockle shell, E. Rainford.
Australian hosts. Bivalve molluscs. Pearl oysters (probably Pinctada sp., Pteriidae) (Montgomery 1931). Cockles (probably Cardiidae) (this study).
Distribution. Mergui Archipelago, Indonesia, Singapore, and Australia (Schmitt et al. 1973). The Australian range includes Shark Bay, Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia (Jones 1990), and now Palm Island, Queensland.
description: Published as part of Ahyong, Shane T. & Brown, Diane E., 2003, Description of Durckheimia lochi n. sp., with an annotated checklist of Australian Pinnotheridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 254 on page 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156571
Pinnotheres latipes Hombron & Jacquinot 1846
Creators: name: Ahyong, Shane T.
name: Brown, Diane E.
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Year: 2003
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Pinnotheres
Pinnotheres latipes

description: Pinnotheres latipes Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
Pinnotheres latipes Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846: pl. 5: figs. 16–20 [type locality: Raffles Bay, Northern Territory, Australia]. — Miers, 1876: 48 –49. — Filhol, 1885a: 50; 1885b: 394, 395. — Scott, 1961: 303. — Schmitt et al., 1973: 51. — Davie, 2002: 433.
Pinnotheres laticeps. — Hutton, 1882: 264 [misspelling].
Australian hosts. Bivalve molluscs, Pinnidae. Pinna sp. (Hombron & Jacquinot 1846).
Remarks. Holthuis (2002) recently resolved confusion surrounding publication date and authorship of P. latipes and other species collected by the “Astrolabe” and “Zélée” between 1837 and 1840. As shown by Hutton (1882), Hombron & Jacquinot (1846) incorrectly placed the type locality, Raffles Bay, in New Zealand rather than the Northern Territory, Australia.
Distribution. Raffles Bay, Northern Territory, Australia (Hombron & Jacquinot 1846, Davie 2002).
description: Published as part of Ahyong, Shane T. & Brown, Diane E., 2003, Description of Durckheimia lochi n. sp., with an annotated checklist of Australian Pinnotheridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 254 on pages 14-15, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156571
Arcotheres similis Burger 1895
Creators: name: Ahyong, Shane T.
name: Brown, Diane E.
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Arcotheres
Arcotheres similis

description: Arcotheres similis (Bürger, 1895)
Pinnotheres similis Bürger, 1895: 373, pl. 9: fig. 14 [type locality: Ubay, Philippines]. — Rathbun, 1924: 15. — Davie, 2002: 434.
Pinnotheres sp. — Ward 1967: 62.
Arcotheres similis. — Campos & Manning, 2001: 168. — Campos, 2001: 494.
Material. QLD: AM P7067, 4 males (cw 4.0– 6.8 mm, cl 3.4–6.8 mm), 5 females (cw 8.9– 11.7 mm, cl 7.0–9.0 mm), Fields Reef, Port Denison, 20°01’S, 148°15’E, from young Pinna sp. in shallow water, E. Rainford, 1923; AM P12173, 1 female (cw 8.9 mm, cl 7.1 mm), Michelmas Cay, 16°35’S, 146°02’E, from Pinna sp. on coral reef, Whitley & Iredale, Jun 1926; AM P64685, 1 female (cw 12.2 mm, cl 9.0 mm), Lindeman Id., dredged, M. Ward, Dec 1928. NT: AM P20161, 1 female (cw 11.5 mm, cl 9.2 mm), East Arm, Darwin Harbour, in mytilid Stavilla (sic) horrida (= Staveila subdistorta), O. Cameron, 19 Dec 1971.
Australian hosts. Bivalve molluscs. Crassostrea or Saccostrea sp. (Ostreidae) (Rathbun 1924, as Ostrea sp.). Staveila subdistorta Recluz, 1852 (Mytilidae), Pinna sp. (Pinnidae) (this study).
Remarks. Ward (1967) noted the presence of a species of Pinnotheres living in Pinna in shallow waters off the beach at Lindeman island, Queensland. Unfortunately, Ward's account is a generalised narrative of species observed on the sandy beaches and associated shallow waters at Lindeman Island. We tentatively assign Pinnotheres sp. of Ward (1967) to A. similis. The specimen data for the Lindeman Island specimen are not sufficiently detailed to reasonably confirm that it represents the species seen by Ward, but the specimen was collected by him and the species is known to infect Pinna spp.
Distribution. Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia (Schmitt et al. 1973). In Australia, the species is known from northwestern Australia and now from the Northern Territory and Queensland.
description: Published as part of Ahyong, Shane T. & Brown, Diane E., 2003, Description of Durckheimia lochi n. sp., with an annotated checklist of Australian Pinnotheridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 254 on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156571
Arcotheres spinidactylus Gordon 1936
Creators: name: Ahyong, Shane T.
name: Brown, Diane E.
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Arcotheres
Arcotheres spinidactylus

description: Arcotheres spinidactylus (Gordon, 1936)
Pinnotheres spinidactylus Gordon, 1936: 164, 167–172, figs. 1 a, b, e, figs. 2 a, b, c [type locality: Siglap, Singapore]. — Griffin & Campbell, 1969: 156 –162, figs. 7–8. — Stephenson et al., 1970: 492. — Jones, 1990: 202. — Davie, 2002: 434.
Arcotheres spinidactylus. — Campos 2001: 494.
Australian host. Bivalve molluscs, Mytilidae. Modiolus sp. (Griffin & Campbell 1969).
Distribution. Singapore, Philippines, China and Australia (Schmitt et al. 1973, Davie, 2002). The Australian range includes Moreton Bay, Queensland, and Shark Bay, Western Australia (Jones 1990).
description: Published as part of Ahyong, Shane T. & Brown, Diane E., 2003, Description of Durckheimia lochi n. sp., with an annotated checklist of Australian Pinnotheridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 254 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156571
Durckheimia lochi Ahyong & Brown, 2003, n.sp.
Creators: name: Ahyong, Shane T.
name: Brown, Diane E.
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Year: 2003
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Durckheimia
Durckheimia lochi

description: Durckheimia lochi n.sp.
Australian hosts. Bivalve molluscs, Limidae. Ctenoides ales (Finlay, 1927), Lima lima vulgaris (Link, 1807) (this study).
Distribution. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia.
description: Published as part of Ahyong, Shane T. & Brown, Diane E., 2003, Description of Durckheimia lochi n. sp., with an annotated checklist of Australian Pinnotheridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura), pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 254 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156571
Orthotheres haliotidis Geiger & Martin 1999
Creators: name: Ahyong, Shane T.
name: Brown, Diane E.
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Year: 2003
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Orthotheres
Orthotheres haliotidis

description: Orthotheres haliotidis Geiger & Martin, 1999
Orthotheres haliotidis Geiger & Martin, 1999: 273 –278, figs. 1–7 [type locality: between Lizard Head and Coconut Beach, Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia].
Pinnixa faba. — Haswell, 1882: 113. — Grant & McCulloch, 1906: 6, 23. — Schmitt et al., 1973: 108 –109 [northern Australian references only]. — Geiger & Martin, 1999: 269, 270. — Davie, 2002: 431. [Not Pinnixa faba (Dana, 1851)].
Material. QLD: AM G5919, 2 males (cw 6.7–7.0 mm, cl 6.2–6.4 mm), 1 female (cw 9.8 mm, cl 7.2 mm), Masthead Id., 23°32’S, 151°44’E, from Haliotis asinina, F. E. Grant; AM P14875 (identified by Haswell as Pinnixia faba), 1 female (cw 12.7 mm, cl 9.0 mm), Holbourne Id., Port Denison, found in Haliotis coccoradiata; AM P3155, 2 females (cw 12.3– 12.7 mm, cl 7.9–8.8 mm), Masthead Id., 23°32’S, 151°44’E, from Haliotis asinina, A. McCulloch & E. Troughton, Aug 1912.
Australian hosts. Gastropod molluscs, Haliotidae. Haliotis asinina Linnaeus, 1758 (Grant & McCulloch, 1906; Geiger & Martin, 1999), H. coccoradiata Reeve, 1846 (Haswell, 1882); H. squamata Reeve, 1846 (Geiger & Martin, 1999).
Remarks. Rathbun (1918) was the first to suggest that Haswell's (1882) record of Pinnixia faba from Australia was probably incorrect. Geiger & Martin (1999) further suggested that most previous records of Pinnixa faba from Australia could have been based on Orthotheres haliotidis. Thomson’s (1893) report of Pinnixia faba from Tasmania, perpetuated by Guiler (1952) is almost certainly based on Pinnotheres hickmani, the common Tasmanian species. Other primary records of P. f a b a from Australia are based on specimens in the collections of the Australian Museum; all were re­examined and are referable to O. haliotidis. The specimen from Holbourne Island, Port Denison (AM P14875), is the basis of Haswell’s (1882) record and those from Masthead Island (G5919) are the basis of Grant & McCulloch’s (1906) record. Subsequent reports of Pinnixia faba from Australia (i.e. Schmitt et al. 1973, Davie 2002) are based on the original records of Haswell (1882) and Grant & McCulloch (1906).
Distribution. Australia, from Fremantle, Western Australia and Lizard Island, Masthead Island, Rat Island, and Port Denison, Queensland (Geiger & Martin 1999, this study).
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Pinnotheres villosulus Guerin-Meneville 1831
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Pinnotheres villosulus

description: Pinnotheres villosulus Guérin­Méneville, 1831
Pinnotheres villosulus Guérin­Méneville, 1831: 7, pl. 4: fig. 6 [type locality: Timor, Indonesia]. — Miers, 1886: 277, pl. 22: fig. 2. — Tesch, 1918: 251, 252, 255, 256. — Rathbun, 1924: 13, 14, pl. 1: fig. 8, fig. 4. — Schmitt et al., 1973: 91. — Davie, 2001: 434.
Pinnotheres villosus. — Jones & Morgan, 2002: 202 (colour figure) (misspelling).
Material. QLD: AM P64671, 1 female (cw 11.6 mm, cl 10.9 mm), Lindeman Id., reef, Dec 1928, M. Ward; AM P45250, 1 female (cw 8.8 mm, cl 8.2 mm), Port Curtis and North West Island, 23°36’S, 151°33’E, M. Ward & W. Boardman, Jul 1929 – Jan 1930; AM G4226, 11 females (cw 10.4–13.2 mm, cl 10.2–12.9 mm), Gulf of Carpentaria, C. Hedley. WA: AM P10228, 2 females (cw 11.5–12.8 mm, cl 10.7–12.4 mm), Broome, 17°58’S, 122°14’E, H. Clark, Jun 1932; AM P64554, 24 females (cw 10.0– 15.4 mm, cl 10.2–15.1 mm), Roebuck Bay, Broome, 18°06’S, 122°20’E, 16.5 m, from pearl oysters, 15 Aug 1929.
Australian hosts. Bivalve molluscs. Pearl oysters (probably Pinctada sp., Pteriidae) (this study).
Remarks. The female from Lindeman Island is not referable to Pinnotheres sp. reported by Ward (1967). Ward's (1967) Pinnotheres sp. was from a Pinna sp. in shallow water off a beach, rather than reef as in the present Lindeman Island specimen. Another Lindeman Island specimen collected by Ward could be the basis of his 1967 report (see above account of A. similis).
Distribution. Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia (Schmitt et al. 1973). The Australian range includes Torres Strait, Cape Jaubert, Western Australia, and now Broome, Western Australia, northeastern Queensland and the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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Xenophysa junctimacula Varga, 2011, s.str.
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Xenophysa junctimacula

description: The Xenophysa junctimacula species group
In the following part I consider the species of Xenophysa s.str. which are most closely related to the type species. This is the western Central Asiatic clade of the genus. Here I reinstate the specific status of X. cacumena, which was earlier synonymised with X. junctimacula (Varga 1989).
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Xanthasia murigera White 1846
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Xanthasia murigera

description: Xanthasia murigera White, 1846
Xanthasia murigera White, 1846: 177, pl. 2, fig. 3a. [type locality: Philippines]. — Haswell, 1882: 113. — Bürger, 1895: 386, pl. 10: fig. 31. — Grant & McCulloch, 1906: 6, 23. — Tesch, 1918: 246. — Schmitt et al., 1973: 97 –98. — Davie, 2002: 434.
Xanthasia muriger. — Serène, 1967: 824.
Material. QLD: AM G5721, 1 male (cw 4.8 mm, cl 4.8 mm), 1 female (cw 10.0 mm, cl 8.3 mm), Hayman Island, 23°32’S, 151°44’E, F. Grant; AM P4100, 1 male (cw 9.8 mm, cl 8.3 mm), 1 female (cw 13.7 mm, cl 10.8 mm), Crescent Reef, 14°26’S, 145°05’E, from Hippopus sp., C. Hedley & A. Briggs, 29 Jul 1916; AM P10059, 1 male (cw 12.1 mm, cl 9.7 mm), 1 female (cw 18.3 mm, cl 13.3 mm), North West Islet, Capricorn Group, 23°30’S, 152°00’E, reef, from Tridacna sp., A. Livingstone & W. Boardman, Jan 1931; AM P10535, 1 female (cw 9.8 mm, cl 8.3 mm), Hayman Island, 20°03’S, 148°53’E, 9 m, from Tridacna sp., F. McNeill, Jan 1934; AM P10734, 1 male (cw 8.6 mm, cl 7.2 mm), 1 female (cw 13.2 mm, cl 11.4 mm), Hayman Island, 20°03’S, 148°53’E, 9 m, from Tridacna sp. H. Kroyer; AM P15977–15979, 3 males (cw 6.5–8.0 mm, cl 6.2–6.6 mm), 3 females (cw 8.6–13.6 mm, cl 7.7–11.4 mm), One Tree Island, 23°30’S, 152°05’E, lagoon, from Tridacna maxima, J. Yaldwyn, Nov–Dec 1966; AM P24819–24280, 4 males (6.9– 10.3 mm, cl 5.6–7.5 mm), 4 females (cw 12.8–13.9 mm, cl 9.6–10.5 mm), Lizard Island, 14°40’S, 145°28’E, lagoon, inside Tridacna crocea, Ponder et al., Dec 1979.
Australian hosts. Bivalve molluscs, Tridacnidae. Hippopus sp. (this study), Tridacna crocea Lamarck, 1819 (this study), T. maxima Röding, 1798 (this study, Grant & McCulloch 1906, as T. elongata).
Remarks. Xanthasia murigera is reported from Hippopus sp. for the first time.
Distribution. Western Indian Ocean to the central Pacific including the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland and northern Western Australia (Schmitt et al. 1973, Davie 2002, this study).
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Xenophthalmus pinnotheroides White 1846
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Xenophthalmus pinnotheroides

description: Xenophthalmus pinnotheroides White, 1846
Xenophthalmus pinnotheroides White, 1846: 178, pl. 2: fig. 2 [type locality: Philippines]. — Griffin & Campbell, 1969: 153 –156, figs. 5, 6E. — Schmitt et al., 1973: 99 –100. — Davie, 2002: 435.
Australian hosts. Not commensal. Gritty sand–mud substrates (Griffin & Campbell 1969).
Distribution. India to Thailand, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan and eastern Australia. In Australia, the species is presently known only from Moreton Bay, Queensland (Griffin & Campbell 1969).
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Xenophysa cacumena subsp. afghanorea Varga 1985, stat. rev.
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Xenophysa cacumena
Xenophysa cacumena afghanorea varga, 1985

description: Xenophysa cacumena afghanorea Varga, 1985, stat. rev.
Xenophysa cacumena afghanorea Varga, 1985, Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 37 (1–2): 33.
Type material. Holotype: male, “ Afghanistan, Dasht-i-Nawar, NW v.Ghazni, 3000 m, 8.–10. VI. 1965, leg. Kasy & Vartian (coll.Vartian)” (NHMW). Paratypes: 23 3 and 2 Ƥ from the same locality and data (21 3, 2 Ƥ in coll. Vartian, NHMW, 2 3 in coll.Varga); 3 3, Afgh. c., Band-i-Amir, 3000 m, 29.–30.VII. 1963, leg.Kasy & Vartian (coll.Vartian, NHMW); 1 Ƥ, Afghanistan, Khurd-Kabul, 1900 m, 19.VII. 1969, leg.Vartian (coll.Vartian, NHMW). Genital slides: 3: Boursin Va 127, 134, Varga 1427, 2432, 2433, 2434.
Taxonomic notes. This subspecies is slightly larger (expanse: 30–35 mm, length of forewings: 14.5–15.5 mm) and more contrastingly marked in average than X. cacumena cacumena (Figs 11–12). Male genitalia slightly larger with somewhat more elongate bilateral extensions of tegumen and more acute costal extensions of valva, but without any significant differences.
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Xenophysa junctimacula Christoph 1887
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Xenophysa junctimacula

description: Xenophysa junctimacula (Christoph, 1887)
Agrotis junctimacula Christoph, 1887, Romanoff, Mémoires sur les Lépidoptères 3: 67, pl. 3, f. 11.
Redescription. Male: The unique male specimen (which was unfortunately not a syntype) externally completely agrees with the lectotype female (Plate 1, Figs 1–2). Antennae much stronger bipectinate than in the closely related and sympatrically occurring X. cacumena Brandt (see: note of Corti on the label of the X. cacumena 3 in the coll. ZSM: “ junctimacula var., andere Fühler, Corti det.”). Head and thorax dark greyish brown, collar with light grey margin. Abdomen light greyish brown. Forewing apically elongate and acute, fairly unicolorous greyish brown with blackish line and longitudinal lighter “wash” basally. Reniform regular with dark brownish-grey filling and with a double whitish line basally, connected with the orbicular spot (see: name of the species). Orbicular spot narrow, oblique; claviform spot faint. Subterminal line only weakly crenulate, with fine dark brownish-grey arrowheads. Antemedial and postmedian lines faint. Male genitalia: Uncus strong, relatively thick with “anchor”-shaped bilateral hook apically and with short and rounded transversal extensions basally. Tegumen with small and rounded bilateral lobes densely covered by small spinules. Costal extension of the valve with a hump-like and with a more acute protuberance dorsally. Distal end of valve with spatulate digitus and with a short, acute pseudopollex laterally. Juxta with strongly sclerotised tongue-shaped extension dorsally. Aedeagus simple, slender, ampulla slighly bulbous, slighly arcuate. Vesica with a long subbasal diverticulum (Plate 6, Figs 32 a, b). Female genitalia: Papillae anales triangular with fine, long setae. Antrum strongly sclerotised, slightly asymmetrical, with stronger left “arm” and with broad and shallow U-shaped incision. Bursa simple without signa (Plate 11, Figs 50–51).
Taxonomic notes. These specimens show similar genital characters with X. junctimacula huberi in E. Turkey. The re-examination of large materials from Iran has shown that in the Alborz Mts. two externally similar species occur sympatrically.
Biological notes. X. junctimacula is restricted to the higher parts of the central and eastern Alborz Mts., with high mountain Iranian steppe vegetation and with Caspian influences (Iris, Astragalus, Artemisia spp., numerous tall Apiaceae and Poaceae). Its flight period is relatively early (mostly the second half of June). In the lower part of the mountains (2400 m.) it occurs sympatrically with X. cacumena (Brandt, 1938), but the latter species is more widely distributed and more frequent in the Alborz Mts. and the flight period is about 2–3 weeks later (in July).
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Xenophysa junctimacula subsp. huberi Varga 1989, comb. nov.
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Xenophysa junctimacula huberi varga, 1989

description: Xenophysa junctimacula huberi Varga, 1989, comb. nov., stat. rev.
Xenophysa huberi Varga, 1989, Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 41 (1–2): 4.
Type material. Holotype: male, “ Türkei East (sic!), Baskale Umgb. 2900 m, Güseldere Paß, 30. VI.-7. VII. 1984, leg.Kurt Huber (coll.Huber, Scharten, Österreich)”. Paratypes: 21 3 and 9 Ƥ with the same data (coll. Huber), 4 3 and 2 Ƥ in coll. Hacker (Staffelstein, now ZSM), 4 3 in HNHM and 3 3 and 1 Ƥ in coll. Varga. Further 5 3 and 1 Ƥ from the same place, 30.VI.1984, leg.Thöny (coll. Hacker and HNHM), Figs 5–6. Genital slides: 3 Varga 3508, 6060, 7768, 8064, Ronkay 9806; Ƥ Varga 8066.
Taxonomic notes. Xenophysa junctimacula huberi has slighly lighter, more ochreous-brownish colouration than the typical X. junctimacula (Plate 1, Figs 5–6). However, the genitalia proved to be practically identical with that of X. j. junctimacula with some insignificant differences. In the male genitalia of X. junctimacula huberi: uncus somewhat thicker and shorter, apical lateral spine slightly stronger than in X. j. junctimacula and the costal process of valva shows two nearly equal “humps” (Plate 6, Figs 33a, b; 34a, b). All other typical characters of both taxa are completely similar, including the female genitalia. Therefore, despite the external differences, I here relegate X. huberi to subspecific rank.
Biological notes. X. junctimacula huberi is only known from the type series and a few additional specimens (coll. Thöny, HNHM) collected in the high mountains of the southeastern edge of Turkey (Kurdestan, Mengi Dagi, Güseldere pass). Its distribution, probably extends also into the adjacent parts of Iran and Iraq (Kurdestan). Judging from the few available data, X. junctimacula (incl. X. junctimacula huberi) seems to be more localised and restricted to high altitudes than the closely related and partly sympatric X. cacumena (see: below).
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Xenophysa argyrogramma Varga 1985
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Xenophysa argyrogramma

description: Xenophysa argyrogramma Varga, 1985
Xenophysa argyrogramma Varga, 1985, Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 37 (1–2): 28.
Type material. Holotype: male, Afghanistan, Dasht-i-Nawar, NW of Ghazni, 3000 m, 8.–10. VI. 1965, leg. Kasy & Vartian (coll. Vartian, NHMW). Paratypes: 8 3 from the same locality and data (6 3 coll. Vartian, NHMW, 2 3 coll. Varga), 2 3 Afghanistan, Dasht-i-Nawar pass, 6.IX. 1963, 3150 m, coll. Vartian, NHMW; 1 Ƥ Afghanistan, Hazaradjat, Koh-i-Baba, Panjao env., 3500 m, 22.–26.VI. 1961, leg. Ebert (coll. ZSM). Genital slides: 3 Va rga 1425, 2430, 2431, 2435, Ƥ Ronkay 1235.
Taxonomic notes. X. argyrogramma is a relatively small species, smaller in average than the sympatrically occurring X. cacumena afghanorea (expanse: 29–33 mm, length of forewings 13–14.5 mm). Male antennae shortly pectinate and ciliate, but more strongly than in the closely related X. cacumena afghanorea; in female shortly ciliate. Colouration relatively simple, smoky greyish-brown, with whitish-grey collar and silvery whitish-grey maculation (name). Reniform and orbicular spots connected; orbicular and claviform macules usually silvery grey. Hind wings relatively unicolorous pale brownish-grey. The single female is similar to the darker and more unicolorous male specimens (Plate 3, Figs. 13–14). Xenophysa argyrogramma is externally mostly similar to X. junctimacula but essentially smaller, and the maculation is finer and more shiny, silvery whitish-grey. Males can also be easily distinguished from the sympatrically occurring X. cacumena afghanorea by the stronger pectinated antennae and also by the silvery whitish-grey maculation. The male genitalia is most similar to X. junctimacula but generally more graceful, costal extension of valva narrower with a simple spine, the apico-lateral pseudo-pollex reduced. Juxta with smaller dorsal extension. Aedeagus shorter and less arcuate (Plate 7, Figs 35a, b). Female genitalia with rounder papillae anales, with a deep and narrow V-shaped incision and shorter and more symmetrical lateral arms of the antrum than in X. junctimacula (Plate 11, Fig. 52).
Biological notes. The habitat of this species is a typical high mountain semi-desert with thorny cushion vegetation (verbal comm. of Ms. Eva Vartian). It is quite curious that two male paratypes were also captured in early September which is an unusual flying period for a Xenophysa species.
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Xenophysa monastica Boursin 1969
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Xenophysa monastica

description: Xenophysa monastica Boursin, 1969
Xenophysa monastica Boursin, 1969, Entomops 15: 224.
Type material. Holotype: male, Afghanistan, Dasht-i-Nawar, Hokak, 2950 m, 7–9. IX. 1963. leg. E. & A. Vartian (coll. Vartian, NHMW). Paratypes: 3 3, Afghanistan centr. (Koh-i-Baba Mts.), Band-i-Amir, 3000 m, 30. VII. 1963, leg. Kasy & Vartian (coll. Vartian, NHMW), 1 3 with the same data (coll. Varga). Genital slides: 3 Va rga 1424, Ƥ Varga 8070.
Taxonomic notes. This is the most colourful and regularly marked species of the genus. The specimens from the Koh-i-Baba Mts. are slightly darker than the holotype from the eastern part of the country (Plate 3, Figs. 17– 18). Male genitalia are most similar to the externally rather different X. argyrogramma with clearly recognisable differences as follows: bilateral hook of the uncus is shorter, lateral lobes of tegumen are larger and more extended, costal extension of valva is higher and juxta is diamond shaped without a dorsal extension (Plate 7, Fig. 37 a–b). Female genitalia has a deep and narrow U-shaped incision of antrum (Plate 12, Fig. 57).
Biological notes. The habitat of this species is a typical high mountain semi-desert with thorny cushion vegetation (Eva Vartian, pers. comm.). It is quite curious that the male holotype was captured in early September, an unusual flight time for a Xenophysa species.
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Xenophysa xenogramma Boursin 1969
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Xenophysa xenogramma

description: Xenophysa xenogramma Boursin, 1969
Xenophysa xenogramma Boursin, 1969, Entomops 15: 223.
Type material. Holotype: 3, Afghanistan centr. (Koh-i-Baba Mts.), Band-i-Amir, 3000 m, 30. VII. 1963, leg. Kasy & Vartian (coll. Vartian, NHMW). Paratypes: 1 3 and 2 Ƥ from the same locality and data (coll. Vartian, NHMW), 1 3 from the same locality and data (coll. Varga), 2 Ƥ Afghanistan, Hazaradjat, Koh-i-Baba, Shah Fuladi, 3–6.VII.1961, Ebert leg. (ZSM). Genital slides: 3 1426, 4814 Varga, Ƥ Ronkay 1334, Varga 8068, 8069.
Taxonomic notes. A variable species with narrow and acute forewings, often faint markings, with tiny and narrow orbicular spot, and broad light greyish submarginal line (especially in males) and with a rather characteristic diffuse, whitish-ochreous longitudinal “wash” on the forewings (Plate 3, Figs. 15–16).
In the male genitalia uncus with strongly expressed bilateral hook, very long bilateral lobes of the tegumen, high, extended and convex costal extension of valva and with regular, diamond-shaped juxta (Plate 7, Fig. 36 a,b). In female genitalia with deep V-shaped incision of the antrum with strongly sclerotised “arms” (Plate 11, Fig. 53).
Biological notes. This species was previously known only from the western part of the Hindukush Mts (Koh-i- Baba). Its habitat is a typical high mountain semi-desert with thorny cushion vegetation (Eva Vartian, pers. comm.).
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Xenophysa boursini Varga 1985
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Xenophysa boursini

description: Xenophysa boursini Varga, 1985
Xenophysa boursini Varga, 1985, Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 37 (1–2): 31.
Type material. Holotype: 3, Afghanistan, Salang pass S-slope, N from Kabul, 2700 m, 1. VII.1965, leg. Kasy & Vartian (coll. Vartian, NHMW). Genital slide: 3 Boursin Va 133.
Taxonomic notes. This species was described based on a single male, no further specimens are known. It shows a special mixture of characters. The dark “smoky” general colouration has some similarity with X. argyrogramma, but all markings are obsolescent. The extremely elongate shape of forewings and the faint maculation is similar to X. xenogramma, but without the longitudinal “wash” (Plate 5, Fig. 29). Male genitalia are also rather similar to that of X. xenogramma (figured in Varga 1985: 30, fig 4a) but the bilateral lobes of tegumen are more elongate, costal extension of valva dentate, digitus more spatulate, juxta with acute dorsal extension. It is possible that these differences represent only extreme variations of X. xenogramma but this cannot be resolved at present since the female is unknown and no recent material has been available.
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