these cerci as the small hook-like or spine-like process at their base (Figs 14, 710, 1314).In the above-mentioned paper, possible belonging of the other Indo-Malayan representatives, originally included in Phlugis, to this genus is supposed. Now Phlugis thai Helfert et Sanger, 1998 from Thailand is added to Asiophlugis; A. thai comb. n. is very similar to A. rete, but it probably has the less curved small process at the base of male cerci and wider space between styles of male genital plate [Helfert & Sanger, 1998: Fig. 4b]. However for all the other Indo-Malayan species, presence (or absence) of any small process at the base of male cerci is not indicated (Ph. thaumasia Hebard, 1922 from Singapore; Ph. borneoensis Jin, 1993 from Kinabalu Mt. in Borneo), or male is unknown (Ph. dubia Karny, 1907 from Borneo; Ph. philippina Jin, 1993 from the Philippines); these species are in need of an additional study, and they are here included in Asiophlugis under question because it is indubitable that they dont belong to the Neotropical genus Phlugis.Asiophlugis temasek Gorochov et Tan, sp.n.Figs 19; 11.
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