Syntypes 5♂ South Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]: Umtali [ZIMH].
Taxonomic Notes:
Proposed as a subspecies of Polyptychus marshalli. This subspecies was overlooked by Carcasson (1968) (STI 17169). Synonymized with Polyptychus auriguttatus as a subspecies by Kitching and Rougerie et al., 2018, Biodivers. Data J. 6: e22236.
The lack of strong sexual dimorphism and the shape of the harpe in the male genitalia suggest that Polyptychus marshalli meridianus is better treated as a subspecies of Polyptychus auriguttatus.
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical):
Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith
