Species

Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869)

Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869): Pl. VI, Fig. 66 b. female right tegmen (Nemobius javanus). (Otu).

CollectionObject 1502007; 3de106f2-457b-4497-a9df-7d98a719813f: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1502007; 3de106f2-457b-4497-a9df-7d98a719813f: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1502007; 3de106f2-457b-4497-a9df-7d98a719813f: labels. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 2869080; CNCI 90792, cb330345-09a7-4c0d-928b-a30f62328c81: polionemobius mikado. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (65)

Trigonidium taprobanense Walker, 1869: 102.
Holotype; female; 260687ab-0d1c-4b30-93a4-647eff47ff2a; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sri Lanka: Sibajak, summit of crater
Eneoptera lateralis Walker, 1871: 11.
Syntype; male; ff590626-5564-4a5a-ae7c-db237f48f831; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); India: Maharashtra: Bombay [Mumbai]
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Nemobius infernalis Saussure, 1877: 251 [83].
Holotype; female; e1684a6d-1041-4cb3-a792-dee8efaa7da5; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW);
Nemobius javanus Saussure, 1877: 253 [85].
Syntypes (n= 2); female; 2572781e-a349-494c-a5cb-42cb538dc961; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG);
Nemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Saussure, 1877: 255 [87].
Nemobius javanus Saussure, 1877 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893: 219.
Cyrtoxipha lateralis (Walker, 1871) in Kirby, 1906: 81.
Nemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Kirby, 1906: 16.
Nemobius mikado Shiraki, 1911: 81.
Syntype; b724595a-6d1c-42cd-9787-99aa4c7e851a; deposited at: National Taiwan University (NTUC); Japan: Tokyo and Taiwan: Hokuto-Januar, Koshun
Nemobius mikado Shiraki, 1911 in Karny, 1915: 72.
Pteronemobius javanus (Saussure, 1877) in Chopard, 1924: 182.
Pteronemobius infernalis (Saussure, 1877) in Chopard, 1925: 507.
Nemobius (Pteronemobius) infernalis Saussure, 1877 in Karny, 1926: 313.
Pteronemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Uvarov, 1926: 288.
Pteronemobius taprobanense infernalis (Saussure, 1877) in Chopard, 1929: 102.
Nemobius mikado Shiraki, 1911 in Shiraki, 1930: 199.
Pteronemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Chopard, 1936: 43.
Pteronemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Chopard, 1954: 36.
Pteronemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Sandrasagara, 1954: 551.
Eneoptera lateralis Walker, 1871 (subjective synonym of Trigonidium taprobanense Walker, 1869) in Chopard, 1967: 169.
Nemobius infernalis Saussure, 1877 (subjective synonym of Trigonidium taprobanense Walker, 1869) in Chopard, 1967: 168.
Nemobius javanus Saussure, 1877 (subjective synonym of Trigonidium taprobanense Walker, 1869) in Chopard, 1967: 169.
Pteronemobius mikado (Shiraki, 1911) in Chopard, 1967: 169.
Pteronemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Chopard, 1967: 168.
Pteronemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Bhowmik, 1977: 28.
Pteronemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Kaltenbach, 1979: 609.
Dianemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Gorochov, 1981
Dianemobius (Polionemobius) taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Gorochov, 1983: 43.
Pteronemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Bhowmik, 1985: 55.
Dianemobius mikado (Shiraki, 1911) in Masaki & Walker, 1987: 356, 358, 359.
Pteronemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Shishodia & Tandon, 1990: 102.
Pteronemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Vasanth, 1993: 88.
Pteronemobius mikado (Shiraki, 1911) in Hsiung, 1993: 24.
Pteronemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Oshiro, 1995: 84.
Dianemobius (Polionemobius) taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Yin & Liu, 1995: 22.
Pteronemobius mikado (Shiraki, 1911) in Oshiro, 1995: 84.
Pteronemobius mikado (Shiraki, 1911) in Yin & Liu, 1995: 24.
Dianemobius mikado (Shiraki, 1911) in Liu, Yang, Mok & Yang, 1998: 89.
Polionemobius mikado (Shiraki, 1911) in Ichikawa, Murai & Honda, 2000: 292.
Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Ichikawa, Murai & Honda, 2000: 292.
Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Storozhenko, 2004: 219.
Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Storozhenko & Paik, 2007: 108.
Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Shishodia, Chandra & Gupta, 2010: 241.
Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Li, Ren, Zou, Zhang & Wang, 2011
Polionemobius mikado (Shiraki, 1911) in Kim & Puskás, 2012: 11.
Nemobius infernalis Saussure, 1877 (subjective synonym of Trigonidium taprobanense Walker, 1869) in Hollier, Bruckner & Heads, 2013: 490.
Nemobius javanus Saussure, 1877 (subjective synonym of Trigonidium taprobanense Walker, 1869) in Hollier, Bruckner & Heads, 2013: 492.
Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Liu & Shi, 2014: 2.
Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Kim & Pham, 2014: 62.
Polionemobius mikado (Shiraki, 1911) in Liu & Shi, 2014: 3.
Nemobius mikado Shiraki, 1911 (subjective synonym of Trigonidium taprobanense Walker, 1869) in Storozhenko, Kim & Jeon, 2015: 133, 301.
Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Han, Liu & Shi, 2015: 22.
Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Storozhenko, Kim & Jeon, 2015: 133.
Eneoptera lateralis Walker, 1871 (subjective synonym of Trigonidium taprobanense Walker, 1869) in Liu, Li & Shi, 2016: 105.
Nemobius infernalis Saussure, 1877 (subjective synonym of Trigonidium taprobanense Walker, 1869) in Liu, Li & Shi, 2016: 105.
Nemobius javanus Saussure, 1877 (subjective synonym of Trigonidium taprobanense Walker, 1869) in Liu, Li & Shi, 2016: 105.
Nemobius mikado Shiraki, 1911 (subjective synonym of Trigonidium taprobanense Walker, 1869) in Liu, Li & Shi, 2016: 105.
Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Liu, Li & Shi, 2016: 105.
Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Li, Zhang, Luo, Wang & Ren, 2016
Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Tan, 2017: 21.
Nemobius mikado Shiraki, 1911 (subjective synonym of Trigonidium taprobanense Walker, 1869) in He, 2018: 530.
Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in He, Zhang & Ma, 2021: 38.
Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Tan, 2021

Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Liu, 2022: 339.
Polionemobius taprobanensis (Walker, 1869) in Haibil, Nuñeza & Tan, 2026: 324.

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Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

From Taprobane / Ταπροβάνη, an ancient name of Sri Lanka.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	17	18