Dicharax strigatus ( Godwin-Austen, 1874 )

Dicharax strigatus ( Godwin-Austen, 1874) View in CoL

Fig. 74P–R

Alycaeus strigatus Godwin-Austen, 1874: 146–147 View in CoL , pl. 3 fig. 2.

Alycaeus ( Chamalycaeus) strigatus View in CoL – Kobelt 1902: 363. — Gude 1921: 234–235.

Alycaeus strigatus View in CoL – Godwin-Austen 1914, 381, 401, pl. 144 figs 2, 2a–b.

Chamalycaeus ( Chamalycaeus) strigatus View in CoL – Ramakrishna et al. 2010: 56.

Dicharax (?) strigatus View in CoL – Páll-Gergely et al. 2020: 105 View Cited Treatment .

Material examined

The syntypes should be in the Indian Museum (see Nevill 1878), but they have not been located there; therefore, they are considered lost ( Páll-Gergely et al. 2020).

Type locality

“ Assam ”.

Remarks

This species may be conspecific with D. rechilaensis , but in the absence of available specimens of D. strigatus , we cannot compare the two species properly. According to the original description of D. strigatus , the shell is 0.15 inch (ca 3.8 mm), while D. rechilaensis is 5 mm (Godwin-Austen 1914). The drawing of D. strigatus in lateral view ( Fig. 74Q) agrees clearly with the photo of D. rechilaensis in the same view ( Fig. 74G). However, the apical view ( Fig. 74R) shows a shallower constriction than in D. rechilaensis ( Fig. 74I). Because of the mismatch of the measurements and the anomalies of the figures, we maintain this as a valid species, until more information becomes available.