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Garudinia bimaculata Rothschild  
   
Garudinia bimaculata Rothschild, 1912, Novit. zool., 19: 233.


Garudinia bimaculata (holotype)
(x 1.73)


Diagnosis.
In external appearance this and the next two species are very similar and are best distinguished by their male genitalia. This species has acute, straight but slightly irregular saccular processes. The aedeagus has a diagnostic pair of curved spines apically, and the vesica has a broad zone of coarse scobination distally.

Geographical range. Borneo, Sulawesi, Taiwan.

Habitat preference. Apart from the male holotype and a female from Labuan I., no other Bornean specimens have been located.

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