Therates dimidiatus subsp. wallacei Thomson 1857

Therates dimidiatus wallacei Thomson, 1857 Figs 6–9 MATERIAL EXAMINED. Malaysia: N Borneo, Sabah, Keningau Dist., Trus Madi Mt., h ~ 975 m, 23–29.IV 2006, 3♂ T. dimidiatus wallacei (Figs 6, 8), T. dimidiatus punctipennis 1♂, 1♀ (Figs 7, 9), leg. P. Udovichenko (MSPU). REFERENCES. Malaysia: Borneo, Kina Balu (= Kinabalu Mt.), 1♂ T. dimidiatus wallacei, 1♀ T. dimidiatus punctipennis (Wiesner, 1988). NOTES. Both T. wallacei Thomson, 1875 and T. punctipennis Bates, 1878 were described from Borneo. Later Horn (1905, 1915, 1926), Cassola (1985) and Wiesner (1988) considered them as the subspecies of T. dimidiatus Dejean, 1825 described from Java. It should be noted two these subspecies were recorded in the same localities at least twain (see above). However, two forms of the same species cannot live together. Moreover, the shape of the aedeagus in these taxa is virtually the same (Figs 8, 9). Thus, a new synonymy is established: Therates dimidiatus wallacei Thomson, 1857 = Therates dimidiatus punctipennis Bates, 1878, syn. n.