Dicharax cucullatus ( Theobald, 1870 )

Dicharax cucullatus ( Theobald, 1870) View in CoL

Fig. 36A–J

Alycaeus cucullatus Theobald, 1870: 396–397 View in CoL , pl. 18 fig. 2.

Alycaeus davisi Godwin-Austen, 1914: 408 View in CoL , pl. 148 figs 9, 9a.

Alycaeus cucullatus View in CoL – Sowerby 1877: pl. 2, species 12. — Godwin-Austen 1914: 407, pl. 155 fig. 5.

Alycaeus ( Dicharax) cucullatus View in CoL – Kobelt 1902: 367–368. — Gude 1921: 244–245.

Alycaeus ( Chamalycaeus) davisi View in CoL – Gude 1921: 226.

Dicharax cucullatus View in CoL – Páll-Gergely et al. 2020: 57 View Cited Treatment . — Jirapatrasilp et al. 2021: 4 View Cited Treatment , figs 2–3, 4a–b, 5a, 6h (treated D. davisi View in CoL as a junior synonym).

Dicharax davisi View in CoL – Páll-Gergely et al. 2020: 58 View Cited Treatment .

Type material examined

MYANMAR • 2 syntypes of D. cucullatus ; Shan States; NHMUK 1888.12.4.951-952 • 4 syntypes of A. davisi ; Shan States; Woodthorpe leg.; NHMUK 1903.7 About NHMUK .1.1630 .

Type localities

“Shan States” ( A. cucullatus ); “ Siam and Shan boundary” ( A. davisi ).

Differential diagnosis

The most similar species is D. ochraceus , which is smaller, and has more widely-spaced R2 ribs ( Jirapatrasilp et al. 2021). See also under D. digitatus .

Remarks

This is a variable species regarding the aperture shape and the height of R3 swelling (see Jirapatrasilp et al. 2021).