Pleurotroppopsis javana (Bouček, 1976)

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Cotterellia javana Bouček, 1976: 679. Holotype ♀, NHMUK (B.M. TYPE HYM. 5.2398, examined).

Pleurotroppopsis javana (Bouček, 1976), Bouček, 1988: 711.

Diagnosis. FEMALE. Antenna with base of scape white, otherwise brown. Fore wing infuscate except apex hyaline, with speculum reduced (Fig. 9a). Frontovertex with a median groove extending from anterior ocellus to frontal carina. Face between frontal carina and toruli hardly depressed; upper margin of scrobes weakly incised in the middle, and frontal carina slightly sinuate and raised. Ocelli in a right-angled triangle. MLM with engraved reticulation and without a median groove. Scutellum with sublateral and posterior grooves formed by narrow punctures; with a row of punctures outside sublateral grooves, resulting in a narrow carina between this row of punctures and sublateral grooves (Fig. 9b). Axilla with one seta in anterior metallic part and setose in posterior dull part (Fig. 9b). Dorsellum with deep foveae and a longitudinal median carina (Fig. 9b). Propodeum with submedian areas with fine reticulation and some irregular transverse carinae; spiracular areas setose posteriorly and with irregular sculpture (Fig. 9b). Metafemur with indistinct teeth along ventral margin.

MALE. Unknown.

Material examined. Type material. Holotype ♀, Java, Buitenzorg, II.1932, coll. T. H C Taylor, ex. Hispine “E” in bamboo, with an identification label “ HOLOTYPE ♀, Cotterellia javana sp. N., det. Z. Bouček, 1975” (NHMUK, B.M. TYPE HYM. 5.2398); paratype ♀, same data as holotype (NHMUK).

Other material examined. 1♀, India: Tamil N. Jawad Pills, 14.XII.1978, JAP-IND Co TR (HUMJ).

Biology. The type specimens were reared from an unidentified hispine leaf-miner (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Hispinae) on bamboo (Bouček 1976).

Distribution. India (new distribution record); Indonesia: Java.

Remarks. See remarks under P. dactylispae.