Natarajan R, Eapen Alex, Jambulingam P
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Vector Control Research Centre, Indra Nagar, Puducherry, 605 006, India.
Zootaxa. 2020 Jan 16;4722(5):zootaxa.4722.5.5. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.5.5.
The original description of Heizmannia (Heizmannia) metallica (Leicester) from Malaysia, and specimens collected in India that were provisionally identified as Hz. metallica, were re-examined for their taxonomic status. Heizmannia metallica from Malaysia was found by Mattingly (1970) to be a junior synonym of Hz. indica (Theobald), whereas we found the specimens identified as Hz. metallica from India to differ distinctly from the holotype of Hz. metallica. We collected adults near Malabar Coast, Western Ghats which corresponded with Indian Hz. metallica sensu auctorum and here describe the previously misidentified species as Hz. (Hez.) rajagopalani n. sp. The adult male and female of the new species, and their genitalia, are described and illustrated.
对采自马来西亚的金属赫氏摇蚊（Heizmannia (Heizmannia) metallica (Leicester)）的原始描述以及在印度采集的曾被暂定为金属赫氏摇蚊的标本进行了分类地位的重新审查。马丁利（Mattingly，1970年）发现来自马来西亚的金属赫氏摇蚊是印度赫氏摇蚊（Heizmannia indica (Theobald)）的次异名，而我们发现被鉴定为来自印度的金属赫氏摇蚊的标本与金属赫氏摇蚊的模式标本明显不同。我们在西高止山脉的马拉巴尔海岸附近采集到了成虫，它们与文献记载的印度金属赫氏摇蚊相符，在此将之前误鉴的物种描述为拉贾戈帕拉尼赫氏摇蚊（Hezmannia (Hez.) rajagopalani n. sp.）。对新物种的成年雄性和雌性及其生殖器进行了描述和图示。
