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Idaea
squamipunctata Warren stat. rev.
Ptychopoda squamipunctata Warren,
1900, Novit. zool., 7: 109.
Idaea
squamipunctata
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Diagnosis. The Bornean female identified here as squamipunctata is greyish
fawn and rather strongly fasciated. Javan material is a more uniform fawn more
as in ptyonopoda. The species is so similar to other fawn Bornean taxa
that dissection of the genitalia is essential.
Taxonomic notes. The holotype is a female with a minute, scobinate bursa and ductus as in
the Bornean female. The specimens both have an elongate, triangular rugosity
just posterior to the ostium. The taxon has been placed in synonymy with the Sri
Lankan I. actiosarta Walker, but is unrelated. A putative male
from Java (slide 18522) has a long aedeagus with a slender, needle-like cornutus
as long as the aedeagus. The valves are simple, tapering with weak basal
coremata. The second sternite has a well-developed pouch. The contrast between
the size of the aedeagus and the female bursa (unless missing in both specimens)
may indicate this association is incorrect.
Geographical range. Java, Borneo.
Habitat preference. The only specimen from Borneo, a female, was taken in
lowland forest at Poring Hot Springs (600m) on the eastern slopes of G.
Kinabalu.
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