Procirrus fusculus Sharp 1889

Procirrus fusculus Sharp, 1889 Fig. 1 Type material. Lectotype. • 1 ex.; glued on card, a specimen with five labels as follows: “ Type ” “ Ind. or. Dacca ” “ Procirrus fusculus Type D. S. Dacca. Ind. or. ” “ Sharp Coll. 1905-313. ” “ NHMUK 014383008 ” (BMNH). Comments. Habitus as in Fig. 1 A, B. The original description is based on an unspecified number of syntypes, among them at least one specimen, from “ Ind. or. Dacca ” (Sharp 1889). Procirrus fusculus was redescribed in the Japanese literature by Tsunamitsu Adachi (1955) with concise descriptions, documenting its distribution in Japan and India (Japan: curated by Sharp; India: label transcription indicates “ Ind. or. Dacca ”). However, according to the type label, its distribution was exclusively reported from Bangladesh (Herman 2010). Through examination of the type specimen of P. fusculus and extensive comparative specimens of P. lewisii Sharp, 1889, the two species were found to share a few diagnostic characters in external morphology. However, due to the absence of a genitalic dissection and study of the type specimen of P. fusculus, conclusive determination of their conspecificity remains elusive.