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Nigriblephara cheyi sp. n.
Nigriblephara cheyi ♂
(holotype, in FRC, Sepilok) |
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♂ 10mm. Externally this species resembles radula but is perhaps
slightly browner in tone. The male genitalia have the tegumen as radula. The
costa is free of setose lobes but there is a small spined lobe subcostally
adjacent to the transverse bar of sclerotisation . The saccular process is
shorter, tapering, less closely associated with the valve margin. The juxta is
strikingly bifid.
Holotype ♂. SABAH: Brumas, Pinus caribaea, 13.vi.1991, light trap, (Chey
Vun Khen). In Forest Research Centre Collection, Sepilok, Sabah.
Geographical range. Borneo.
Habitat preference. The only specimen is from a lowland softwood
plantation.
Nigriblephara
cheyi Holloway also occurs in Peninsular Malaysia (FRIM colln)
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