Diochus punctipennis

12. Diochus punctipennis (Motschulsky, 1858) (Fig 1G) Rhegmatocerus punctipennis Motschulsky, 1858: 659 (Type locality: Indes orientales). Diochus punctipennis Fauvel, 1898: 117 (Seychelles); Kolbe, 1910: 20 (Seychelles); Bernhauer and Schubert, 1914: 319 (catalog); Bernhauer, 1922: 176 (Seychelles); Cameron, 1932: 46 (characters; India); Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1324 (catalog); Cameron, 1934: 79 (type examined); Cameron, 1937: 4 (Java); Scheerpeltz, 1957: 233 (Sumba); Coiffait, 1981: 329 (Andaman Islands); Lecoq, 1990: 189 (Mascarene Islands); Huang, Janák and Zhou, 2024c: 532 (type examined; Thailand; Malaysia). Material examined. MALAYSIA: 2 males, 1 female, The Gap, Selangor, F. M. S., Dr. Cameron (NHMUK, JJRC). Diagnosis. This species has aedeagal structures similar to D. paradoxus sp. nov. and D. paraparadoxus sp. nov., all with a round sclerite at the base of the aedeagus. This species can be distinguished from the two new species by the smaller size, and also the shape of male sternite VIII, which is rounded at posterior angles. Additionally, the aedeagus of this species has longer parameres than the other two species. Distribution. Malaysia (Selangor), Thailand. Published records from other countries (Seychelles, Mauritius, Réunion, Rodriguez, Andaman Is., India) have to be verified.