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Yashmakia veneris Warren 
   
Yashmakia veneris Warren, 1901, Novit. zool. 8:197.


Yashmakia veneris


Diagnosis.
See the generic description and that of the next species.

Taxonomic notes. Y. vanbraeckeli from Sulawesi is similar in external appearance but with distinct male genitalia (narrower valves, aedeagus cornuti more even in size).

Geographical range. Borneo, Sumatra.

Habitat preference. Two specimens were taken at 300m in hill dipterocarp forest of the Ulu Temburong, Brunei, and one in kerangas forest at 150m in the G. Mulu National Park. The species is rare.

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