Pempheres habena Pascoe, 1871

Pempheres habena Pascoe, 1871 View in CoL ( Figs. 2B View Fig ; 3C View Fig ; 4C View Fig )

Mecopus abdominalis Kirsch, 1875 View in CoL (synonymized by Heller 1894: 12).

Diagnosis: Pronotum with lateral stripe straight, space between longitudinal stripes without spotted scales; elytra with distinct longitudinal lateral stripe, with lateral stripe interrupted on basal half, medial stripe widest anteriorly, narrowed posteriorly; scales yellowish.

Types: Lectotype: 1 ñ, Type [red circular label, print] // Singapore [blue oval label, hand writing] // Pempheres / habena / Pasc [white rectangular label, hand writing] // Pascoe Coll. / 93–60 [white rectangular lab el, p r in t] // N H M U K 0 1 5 0 0 9 7 5 4 (N H M U K) . Paralectotype: 1 ñ, Sumatra [blue oval label, hand writing] // Pempheres / habena Pasc [white rectangular label, hand writing] // Pascoe Coll. / 93–60 [white rectangular label, print] // NHMUK015009755 (NHMUK).

Other material: MALAYSIA: 1 ò, Malacca [yellow rectangular label, hand writing] // Typus [pink rectangular label, print] // 1023 [yellow rectangular label, hand writing] // Mecopus abdomina- / lis Kirsch = Pempheres / habena Pascoe [white rectangular label, print] // Staatl. Museum für / Tierkunde, Dresden [white rectangular label, print] (SNSD); 1 ex., Perak / Malacca / (Doherty) [rectangular label, print] // 119. [rectangular label, hand writing] // Pempheres / habena / Pascoe / det. Heller 1893-1912 [rectangular label, hand writing] // MUSEO GENOVA / coll. Angelo Solari / (acquisto 2000) [white rectangular label, print] (MSNG); 1 ñ, PERAK, F. M. S. / Batang Padang / Jor Camp 1500 ft. / May 29 1923 / H.M. Pendlebury leg. [rectangular label, print and hand write] // Pempheres / habena Pasc. / det. G.A.K. Marshall [rectangular label, print and hand write] // Ex F.M.S. / Museum / B.M. 1955- 354. [rectangular label, print] // NHMUK015014004 (NHMUK); 1 ò, MALAY PENINS / Endong Roose / Pelialing gajal / 20.6.1928 [rectangular label, print and hand write] // PEMPHERES / HABENA, Pasc. [rectangular label, hand write] // 589 [rectangular label, hand write] // Ex F.M.S. / Museum / B.M. 1955- 354. [rectangular label, print] // NHMUK015014003 (NHMUK). PHILIPPINES: 1 ò, Kasibu, Nueva Viscaya, North Luzon, V.2020, local collector leg. // WZPCC_03596 (NMNS); 1 ñ, Roxas, Palawan, II.2021, local collector leg. // WZPCC_03597 (NMNS).

Distribution: Singapore; Sumatra Island, Indonesia; Peninsular Malaysia; Philippines ( Pascoe 1871; Heller 1894; Schultze 1916).

Remark: Pascoe (1871) did not explicitly designate a primary type in the original description, resulting in all specimens used for the description being syntypes with equal nomenclatural status. The exact number of specimens used for the species description was also not specified, but he mentioned that the specimens were collected from two localities: “ Hab. Singapore, Sumatra.” There are two such specimens in his collection at NHMUK, recognized as the syntypes. To establish a definitive, name-bearing type for P. habena , we designate the female syntype from Singapore (labeled “type”), which closely matches the original description, as the lectotype of P. habena . The other female specimen from the type series is designated as a paralectotype.