Maxates seria sp.n
10mm, not illustrated. In size and facies this species is
similar to M. obliterata, but a somewhat lighter green. There is a small
notch in the centre of the distal margin of the eighth sternite. The valve
sacculus terminates in a small, blunt, dorsally directed spur just basal to the
ventral process.
Holotype BRUNEI; 3m.
Seria, secondary and coastal veg., 18 May 1978 (Lt.
Col. M.G. Allen), BM geometrid slide 17490.
Geographical range. Borneo, ?Sumatra (slide 8670).
Habitat preference. The only specimen is from an area of
coastal and secondary forest.
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