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Psilalcis
subfasciata Warren comb. n.
Gasterocome subfasciata
Warren, 1879, Novit. zool. 6: 351.
Ectropis discolor Swinhoe, 1909, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist.
(8), 3: 93.
Diagnosis. This species is a more ochreous brown than its congeners.
Taxonomic notes. This and the next species share possession of a pair of slightly
corematous patches of hairlike setae on the basal sternite (1+2) of the male
abdomen, just posterior to the tympanic cavi.
Geographical range. Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo.
Habitat preference. During the Mulu survey a few specimens were taken on
the transect of G. Mulu: one at 150m and one at 500m in hill dipterocarp forest;
three at 1000m in lower montane forest. Several have also been taken at 100m on
G. Santubong, Sarawak.
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