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Varicosia
venata Hampson
Varicosia
venata Hampson, 1924, Entomologist,
57: 183.
Diagnosis
and taxonomic note. See the generic description. Material from the Bornean lowlands
(females only) resembles externally the syntypes of venata
from
Java and Sri Lanka in BMNH. The Javan specimen is female but had what is
probably the wrong abdomen glued on; the basal sternal apodemes and their
separation are very different from those of the other specimens dissected, as
are the genitalia. A Sri Lankan female syntype dissected had a slightly larger
sclerotised section to the ductus bursae than do the Bornean ones, but not quite
as long as in the next species. The size and ovate shape of the bursa are
comparable.
The male
genitalia illustrated are those of another Sri Lankan syntype. A Sundanian male
has not been located but would need to be checked to confirm conspecificity with
Sri Lankan material.
Geographical
range. Sri Lanka,
Java, Borneo.
Habitat
preference. Bornean material is from lowland localities, Pontianak and
Seria, the latter in Brunei in an area of disturbed coastal forest and open
habitats.
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