TRIBE TRICHOPTERYGINI
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Hypocometa definita Joicey & Talbot
   
Sauris definita Joicey & Talbot, 1917, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8), 20: 68.
   
Phthonoloba hypelaina Prout, 1929, Bull. Hill Mus., Witley, 3: 46, syn. n.
   
Hypocometa hypelaima [sic] Prout; Holloway, 1976: 71.


Hypocometa definita


Diagnosis.
See the previous species.

Taxonomic notes. The taxa brought into synonymy have very similar facies and genitalia.

Geographical range. New Guinea, S. Moluccas, Borneo.

Habitat preference. The single Bornean female was taken in tall montane forest on the Mesilau Plateau (1500m) on the southern slopes of G. Kinabalu.

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