Paussus waterhousii

Diagnosis
The present specimen has about the same size as the holotype specimen (“lin. 3.25″ = 6.5 mm) but differs from the original description and accompanying figure (WESTWOOD 1874) by its shorter antennal club and the broader hind part of the pronotum combined with the side angles of the anterior part not so much produced. I would have attributed these differences to sexual dimorphism. However, these differences in the shape of the pronotum have already been mentioned by WASMANN (1899) and FOWLER (1912) who most probably observed males and females. Most likely this wide-spread species shows geographical variation in these morphological characters.

Distribution
China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,Sumatra, Thailand