Types of Flatidae VII, lectotype designations and taxonomic notes on species in the Zoological Museum of the HUMBOLDT-University Berlin

Abstract

Type speciments of 25 Old World species of Flatidae named by MELICHAR and JACOBI were examined. The genital characters of 15 holotype or lectotype males were illustrated. New combinations are Neosalurnis gracilis (MELICHAR), from Phyllyphanta, Phyllphanta declivis (JACOBI), from Lawana, and Sanurus indecora (JACOBI), from Neomelicharia. New synonymies are Siphanta insularis JACOBI, a junior synonym of Sanurus dubius MELICHAR, and Lawana verticiplana JACOBI, a junior synonym of Phyllyphanta producta (SPINOLA). Nephesa intrusa MELICHAR is resurrected as a valid species, not a synonym of Poeciloptera rorida WALKER.