Nigriblephara cheyi Holloway sp. n.
♂ 10mm. Externally this species resembles radula but is perhaps slightly browner in tone. The male genitalia have the tegumen as radula. The costa is free of setose lobes but there is a small spined lobe subcostally adjacent to the transverse bar of sclerotisation. The saccular process is shorter, tapering, less closely associated with the valve margin. The juxta is strikingly bifid.
Holotype ♂
SABAH: Brumas, Pinus caribaea, 13.vi.1991, light trap, (Chey Vun Khen). In Forest Research Centre Collection, Sepilok, Sabah.
Geographical range
Borneo.
Habitat preference
The only specimen is from a lowland softwood plantation.
Nigriblephara cheyi Holloway also occurs in Peninsular Malaysia (FRIM colln)
Genitalia:
