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Parallelia H�bner

Type species: bistriaris H�bner, U.S.A.

In the strict sense this genus is monobasic, restricted to the N. American type species, but the name has been applied much more widely in the past, as reviewed by Holloway & Miller (2003). Holloway & Miller, when searching for better generic placements for the species in this old concept of
Parallelia, were unable to find suitable genera for a small residue and suggested that these should be retained for the time being in �Parallelia�. There are three such in the Bornean fauna, as describe below. The characteristics of Parallelia sensu stricto are described by Holloway & Miller (2003). Fibiger (2003) listed some of the genera recognised by Holloway & Miller as distinct, though he placed Macaldenia and Pindara Moore as synonyms of Dysgonia H�bner. In the accompanying main text all such genera were placed as synonyms of Dysgonia. For reasons given by Holloway & Miller (2003), this broad concept of Dysgonia is not followed here.

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