Taumacera fulvovirens (Laboissière, 1929)

(Figs 74–75)

Platyxantha fulvovirens Laboissière, 1929: 95 (original description)

Type material examined. SYNTYPES: 1 ♀, ‘Sipora Island / West Sumatra / Oct.1924./ C.B. K.and N.S.[w,p] // TYPE [red letters,p] / ♀ [w, h] // Brit. Mus./1929-206.[w, p] // Platyxantha / fulvovirens / m. [h] / V.Laboissière -- Dét. [w, p]’ (BMNH); 1 ♀, ‘N. Pagi [h] / Sipora Island / West Sumatra / Oct. 1924. / C. B. K. and N. S. [w, p] // COTYPE [red letters, p] / ♀ [w, h] // Platyxantha / fulvovirens / m. [h] / V. Laboissière -- Dét. [w, p] // Ex. F. M. S. / Museum. / B. M. 1955-354. [w, p]’ (BMNH); 1 ♀, ‘Sipora Island / West Sumatra / Oct. 1924. / C. B. K. and N. S. [w, p] // TYPE [red letters, p] / ♀ [w, h] // Platyxantha / fulvovirens / m. [h] / V. Laboissière -- Dét. [w, p] // Le Moult vend. / via Reinbek / Eing. Nr. 1, 1957 [w, p]’ (ZMUH).

Additional material examined. INDONESIA: SUMATRA: Mentawai, Sipora Is., Sereinu, v.–vi.1894, 1 ♂, E. Modigliani leg. (BMNH); Mentawai, Siberut Is., 50–100 m, iii.–iv.2005, 2 ♂♂, local collector leg. (HMHJ); Mentawai, Siberut Is., SW coast, 0–100 m, iii.2005, 1 ♂, local collector leg. (HMHJ).

Comments. This species was described based on four females from Mentawai Islands (Fig. 74). REID (1999) did not classify T. fulvovirens in the T. deusta species-group because males were unknown to him. I found altogether four males with characteristically modified antennae (Fig. 75) and accordingly I assign T. fulvovirens to the T. deusta species-group.