Promecilla, André, 1902

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Promecilla André, 1902—There are no keys that include enough of the species to be especially useful.

Fig. 2276— Promecilla ariel (Cameron, 1897) : Code 1/1, length 7 mm, India (OR), Purneah District, Bengal (23.10 87.80), NHMD. Identifier unknown. Published in Boutin & Vilhelmsen (2024).

Fig. 2277— Promecilla calliope (Smith, 1857) : Code 2/1, length 6 mm, Malaysia (OR), Sabah, Sandakan (5.84 118.12), USNM. Compared with type by C.E. Mickel. Photo by KAW at DPI .

Fig. 2278— Promecilla cyanosoma Turner, 1911 : Code 1/1, length 6.5 mm, Sri Lanka (OR), Mau Aru, 12 mi East Uda Walawe (6.43 81.00), USNM. Identifier unknown. Photo by KAW at DPI.

Fig. 2279— Promecilla decora (Smith, 1879) : Code 2/1, length 5.5 mm, Thailand (OR), Krabi, Phnom Bencha (8.21 98.94), CSCA. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Fig. 2280— Promecilla delia (Mickel, 1935) : Code 2/1, length 4.6 mm, Malaysia (OR), Sabah, near Danum Valley Field C. (5.03 118.33), RMNH. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Fig. 2281— Promecilla differens Hammer, 1962 : Code 1/1, length 8.2 mm, India (OR), Karnataka; Bangalore Urban; Bangalore (12.97 77.58), NHMD. Identifier unknown. Published in Boutin & Vilhelmsen (2024) .

Fig. 2282— Promecilla magrettii Lelej, 2005 : Code 4/1, length 8.1 mm, India (OR), Uttar Pradesh, Dehra Dun (30.32 78.03), UMMZ. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Fig. 2283— Promecilla nepalensis (Hammer, 1962) : Code 2/1, length 6.4 mm, Nepal (OR), Thamur V, Dhankuta- Hile (27.04 87.32), BMNHB. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA.

Fig. 2284— Promecilla ovtchinnikovi Lelej, 2020 : Code 2/2, length 7.4 mm, Pakistan (OR), Khyber Pakhunthwa, Peshawar, Forestry Campus of Agricultural University (34.02 71.49), ZIN. Holotype. Published in Lelej (2020a). Fig. 2285— Promecilla phaola (Cameron, 1900) : Code 2/1, length 4.5 mm, India (OR), Karnataka; Chikkaballapur; Gundlugurki (13.44 77.73), NHMD. Identifier unknown. Published in Boutin & Vilhelmsen (2024).

Fig. 2286— Promecilla philippinensis Lelej, 2005 : Code 2/1, length 6 mm, Philippines (OR), Mindanao, Surigao (8.54 126.11), USNM. Compared with type by C.E. Mickel. Photo by KAW at DPI .

Fig. 2287— Promecilla pulchriventris (Cameron, 1892) : Code 1/1, length 7.2 mm, Sri Lanka ** (OR), Eastern Province; Ampara; Ekgal Aru (7.17 81.62), NHMD. Identifier unknown. Published in Boutin & Vilhelmsen (2024).

Fig. 2288— Promecilla regia (Smith, 1855) : Code 1/1, length 6 mm, India (OR), Gujarat [province centroid] (22.26 71.19), USNM. Identifier unknown. Photo by KAW at DPI .

Fig. 2289— Promecilla subglabra (André, 1894): Code 2/1, length 5.3 mm, India (OR), Karnataka; Bangalore Urban; Bangalore (12.97 77.58), NHMD. Identifier unknown. Published in Boutin & Vilhelmsen (2024) .

Fig. 2290— Promecilla unicingulata Bischoff, 1921 : Code 4/1, length 4.3 mm, Zambia ** (AT), Northern Province, 8.6 km WSW Kakumbi , S. Luangwa NP (-13.12 31.73), CSCA. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Fig. 2291— Promecilla yerburghi (Cameron, 1892) : Code 1/1, length 7.7 mm, Sri Lanka (OR), Anuradhapura, Padaviya (8.83 80.76), USNM. Identifier unknown. Photo by KAW at DPI.

Fig. 2292— Promecilla cf. auritriangulata Bischoff, 1921 : Code 2/1, length 4.9 mm, Botswana (AT), Gaborone HI (-24.60 25.90), RMNH. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Fig. 2293— Promecilla cf. delia (Mickel, 1935) : Code 2/1, length 5.5 mm, Malaysia (OR), Pasoh Forest Res. (2.95 102.29), EMUS. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at DPI.

Fig. 2294— Promecilla cf. dolichonota Bischoff, 1921 : Code 2/1, length 4.2 mm, South Africa (AT), Cape Province, Tsitsikama Coastal NP (-34.02 23.88), MZLU. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA .

Pseudocephalotilla Bischoff, 1920 —Most of the species were included in Bischoff’s (1920) key as Smicromyrme . Fig. 2295— Pseudocephalotilla beira (Péringuey, 1914) : Code 2/1, length 10.4 mm, South Africa (AT), KwaZulu-Natal, Umfolozi bridge, 7 km SW Mtubatuba (-28.46 32.14), DJBC. Determined by D.J. Brothers. Photo by D.J. Brothers in Pagliano et al. (2020).

Fig. 2296— Pseudocephalotilla tettensis brunni Bischoff, 1921 : Code 2/1, length 11.5 mm, Mozambique ** (AT), Road from Boane-Bela Vista (-26.32 32.36), RMNH. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA.

Fig. 2297— Pseudocephalotilla tettensis melanothoracica Bischoff, 1921 : Code 4/1, length 15 mm, Tanzania ** (AT), Kigonsera (-10.79 35.07), BMNHB. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at CDFA.

Fig. 2298— Pseudocephalotilla tettensis quintociliata Bischoff, 1921 : Code 2/1, length 15.5 mm, Democratic Republic of the Congo ** (AT), P.K. [Kinshasa] (-4.50 15.30), FSCA. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at DPI .

Fig. 2299— Pseudocephalotilla tettensis sterlingi Bischoff, 1920 : Code 4/1, length 14.5 mm, Kenya ** (AT), Further data not available, RMNH. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at DPI.

Fig. 2300— Pseudocephalotilla tettensis tettensis (Gerstaecker, 1858) : Code 2/1, length 15 mm, Zimbabwe (AT), Kyle NP campground [Lake Mutirikwi Rec.Park] (-20.20 31.00), FSCA. Determined by KAW. Photo by KAW at DPI.