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What the sources say about this taxon, as written.
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Plazi
Comment : The original description of Z. proximus is based on a unique specimen from “Nilgiri Hills” ( CAMERON 1939a ). The holotype , a female, was located in the Cameron collection at the BMNH. The original description of Z. drugmandi is based on three females . An examination of these specimens revealed that they are not conspecific, but belong to two species. The holotype and one of the paratypes are conspecific with Z. proximus , whereas the other paratype belongs to Z. castaneus , a species distinguished from Z. proximus by completely different coloration of the abdomen, longer and more slender antennae with a more elongate antennomere XI, different punctation of the pronotum, and a different punctation pattern of the abdomen. Additional material examined : India : 15 exs. , Meghalaya , Khasi Hills , Mawsynram , 25°18'N , 91°29'E , 700–900 m , 5.–9.VI.2006 , leg. Pacholátko ( BMNH , cAss) ; 12 exs. , Meghalaya , SW Cherrapunjee , 25°13–15'N, 91°49'E, 900 m , 5.–24.V.2005 , leg. Pacholátko ( BMNH , cAss) . China : 1 ♀ [teneral], Guizhou , Fanjing Shan , 27°54'N , 108°42'E , 1400–1700 m , 5.–11.VI.2014 , leg. Reuter (cAss) . Thailand : 7 exs. , Tak province , Umphang district , Song Bae Stream, Thung Yai Wildlife Sanctuary , 15°28'N , 98°48'E , 300 m , evergreen rain forest, 18–27.IV.1988 , leg. Brendell ( BMNH , cAss) ; 3 exs. , Tak province , Umphang district , Mae Chan – Mae Klong confluence, Thung Yai Wildlife Sanctuary , 15°30'N , 98°48'E , 300 m , edge of Karen clearing, 27.IV.–6.V.1988 , leg. Brendell ( BMNH , cAss) . Laos : 2 ♀♀, Houa Phan province , Phou Pane Mt. , 20°13'N , 104°00'E , 1480–1510 m , 22.IV.–14.V.2008 , leg. Kubáň ( NMP , cAss) ; 36 exs. , Phongsaly province , Phongsaly env., 1300–1500 m , V.2004 (cMar, cAss) .