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Philippodoria Townsend, 1928 : 391. Type-species: Philippodoria fasciata Townsend, 1928, 



by original designation. Syn. n. 

 biseriata Wulp, 1894 : 9 (Crossocosmia) . Holotype <$, India (ZSI, Calcutta). Comb. n. - 



India, ? Indonesia (Java). 



Crosskey (19676 : 38) could not place this nominal species positively as belonging in 



Palexorista. Since then, however, a male specimen identified as biseriata by Wulp himself 



has been seen in ZM, Amsterdam. This specimen (from Java) belongs to Palexorista, 



and although it might not be conspecific with biseriata it is a clear indicator that biseriata 



is a nominal species belonging in Palexorista; the new combination is therefore here 



established, after taking the Java specimen into account together with notes on the 



biseriata holotype sent to me by Dr Kapur (the type-specimen has not been available on 



loan). P. biseriata (Wulp) is certainly closely allied to P. curvipalpis (as Wulp suggested 



in the original description) and probably to P. immersa (of which the name is perhaps a 



synonym) . 

 bisetosa Baranov, 19326 : 75 (Sturmia). Holotype o\ Formosa: Sokutsu (DEI, Eberswalde) 



[examined]. - Formosa, Malaysia (Malaya). 

 curvipalpis Wulp, 1893 : 162 (Crossocosmia). Lectotype q" (by designation of Crosskey, 



19676 : 68), Indonesia: Java (RMNH, Leiden) [examined]. -Ceylon, Indonesia (Celebes, 



Java), Malaysia (Malaya, Sabah), Nepal, Thailand; New Guinea, Solomons, Australia 



(Queensland). 

 unisetosa Baranov, 19326 : 75 (Sturmia). Lectotype q* (by designation of Crosskey, 19676 : 68) 



Formosa: Koshun, Kankau (DEI, Eberswalde) [examined]. 

 deducens Walker, 18596 : 127 (Eurygaster) . Lectotype q" [not 9] (by designation of Crosskey, 



19676:76), Indonesia: Celebes, Makassar (BMNH, London) [examined]. - Indonesia 



(Celebes), Malaysia (Malaya); Moluccas. 

 dilaticornis Mesnil, 1951 : 179 (Drino (Proslurmia)) . Holotype q", India: Mysore, S. Coorg, 



Tithimatti (not located, probably lost). - India (Mysore). 

 fasciata Townsend, 1928 : 391. Holotype q", Philippines: Mindanao, Kolambugan (USNM, 



Washington) [examined]. Comb. n. - Philippines (Mindanao). 

 gilpiniae Mesnil, 1971a : 67 (Drino (Prosturmia)). Holotype o*. Pakistan: Neelan Valley 



(coll. Mesnil). Comb. n. - Pakistan. 

 immersa Walker, 18596 : 124 (Masicera). Holotype q* [not $], Indonesia: Celebes, Makassar 



(BMNH, London) [examined]. - Formosa, Indonesia (Celebes); New Guinea, New 



Britain. 

 latiforceps Baranov, 19326 : 78 (Sturmia). Lectotype q" (by designation of Crosskey, 



19676 : 72), Formosa: Koshun, Kankau (DEI, Eberswalde) [examined]. 

 inconspicua Meigen. Not definitely Oriental. 



Palaearctic species of Palexorista need revision before it can be reliably determined whether 



the European species inconspicua ranges into the Oriental Region. 

 inconspicuoides Baranov, 19326 : 80 (Sturmia). Lectotype o* (by designation of Crosskey, 



19676:50), Formosa: Koshun, Kankau (DEI, Eberswalde) [examined]. - Formosa. 



(Widely misidentified from other places.) 

 laetifica Mesnil, 1950a : 158; 1951 : 190 (split description) (Drino (Prosturmia)). Holotype 



o*, Ceylon: Kandy (BMNH, London) [examined]. -Ceylon. 

 laxa Curran, 19276 : 335 (Sturmia). Holotype o\ Tanzania; Tanganyika, Morogoro (BMNH, 



London) [examined]. - India (Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh); widespread tropical Africa. 

 [imberbis Wiedemann sensu authors (e.g. Achan et al., 1968) (misidentification)] 

 lucagus Walker, 1849 : 768 (Tachina). Holotype <J, China: 'Foo-chow-foo' [? = Fu-chou] 



(BMNH, London) [examined]. -Ceylon, China, India (Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Mysore), 



Malaysia (Malaya, Sabah), Pakistan, Thailand; New Guinea, Australia (Northern 



Territory) . 

 munda Wiedemann, 1830 : 234 (Tachina). Holotype $, India: Madras, Tranquebar (UZM, 



Copenhagen) [examined]. - India (Madras), Malaysia (Malaya). 



