Lispe flavicornis Stein, 1909

Lispe flavicornis Stein, 1909 View in CoL

Lispe silvai Paterson, 1953 View in CoL , syn. nov.

Lispe flavicornis Stein, 1909 View in CoL ( Pont 1991; Zhang et al. 2016: 55–57 View Cited Treatment and figs 1E, 2C, 3E, 14–16, 30C, 31I, J; Vikhrev 2020: fig. 17)

Material examined: see Vikhrev (2020), about 140 ♂ and ♀ from: Cambodia; India: Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat states; Indonesia, Papua prov. ; Malaysia, Borneo, Sabah state ; Taiwan; Thailand: Chonburi and Phuket prov. ; Tanzania: Lindi, Mtwara and Pwani regions .

New record: EGYPT, Sinai, Al-Bardawil (≈ 31.1 ° N 33.3 ° E), 25 July 1967, Margalit, 1♀ ( TAUI) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. A Palaeotropical species, widespread near seashores in Africa, Asia and New Guinea. African records are from Egypt, Mozambique, Tanzania ( Lindi, Mtwara and Pwani regions).

Synonymy. The detailed Paterson’s description leaves no doubt in the true identity of L. silvai , cercal plate and sternite 5 as follows from the drawings ( Paterson 1953: figs 8, 9) fit too. The type locality is Lourenсo Marques (= Maputo, 26.0 ° S 32.5 ° E), river bank. It is not a freshwater river but a saltish Estuario do Espírito Santo, a common estuary of Tembe, Umbeluzi, Matola and Infulene Rivers. Such places are typical habitats of L. flavicornis . So, Lispe flavicornis Stein, 1909 = Lispe silvai Paterson, 1953 , syn. nov.