Petalocephala remota (Melichar)

Petalocephala remota (Melichar) View in CoL

Figs 9A–D View FIGURES 9 , 18J View FIGURES 18 , 31A–I View FIGURES 31 .

Ledropsis remota Melichar 1903: 144 View in CoL , Taf. IV fig. 17.

Petalocephala remota (Melichar) View in CoL : Distant 1908: 170.

Diagnosis. Male externally resembling male P. uniformis , but uniformly yellowish green without lateral marginal brown markings on head pronotum and markings on forewings. Male genitalia similar to that in P. uniformis but differing in having median area of style very broad, aedeagus lacking median sclerotized plate present in P. uniformis .

Remarks. Melichar (1903) described this species based on holotype male with collection data: “Henaratgoda, 16 Februar 1902 1 examplar ♀ von Dr. Uzel erbeutet.”. There is a single male holotype specimen of this species in MMB as also mentioned by Webb et al. (1990) which was examined and imaged by Dr I. Malenovsky. Melichar misidentified the sex of the holotype. The male pygofer is with a very short ventral process ( Figs 31 View FIGURES 31 AB). The style is broad slightly distad of articulation with connective and then narrowed distally, apex bent vertically downwards. Aedeagus tubular with well-developed dorsal apodeme, apex widened, shaft membranous, more distal subapical pair of lobes exceed and converge medially beyond apex of median lobe of shaft which is without sclerotized plate.