Petalocephala confusa Distant

Petalocephala confusa Distant View in CoL

Figs 3I–K View FIGURES 3 , 17I View FIGURES 17 .

Petalocephala confusa Distant 1908: 164 View in CoL .

Diagnosis. Female. Externally resembling P. conica but smaller and posterior margin of female sternite VII different. Lateral margins of pronotum comparatively more divergent posteriorly. Mesonotum shorter than median length of pronotum. Female sternite VII with posterior margin almost straight with median 0.33 concave.

Description. Distant (1908) adequately described the external features of this species. Additional features are as follows. Crown medially finely carinate; lateral margins in front of eyes convex and convergent, apex conically rounded; about 0.92× as long medially as interocular distance, about 1.38× as long as median length of pronotum. Pronotum with lateral margins slightly divergent, distance between posterolateral angles 1,1×as long as that between anterolateral angles and shorter (0.84×) than mesonotum. Female sternite VII with posterior margin almost straight with median 0.33 concave.

Material examined. SRI LANKA: SYNTYPES 1♀, “1167” “Kandy Ceylon 7.02”, “Distant Coll. 1911–383”, “ Petalocephala confusa Dist. , type”, “Type”, “ Syntype ” ; 2♀, “Kandy Ceylon 7.02”, “Distant Coll. 1911–383”, “ Syntype ” (all BMNH) .

Remarks. Distant (1908) described this species based on four females (syntypes) with the data “ Ceylon; Kandy (Green)”. He distinguished this species from P. conica by its smaller size.