Endomia ceylonica (Motschulsky, 1863)

Ochthenomus ceylonicus Motschulsky, 1863: 494 .

Endomia nana Krekich-Strassoldo, 1928: 104, syn. nov.

Type material examined. Endomia ceylonica . SYNTYPES: 1 ♁ 1 ♀ [mounted on the same label, male lacking head], ‘[h, illegible; yellow round label] // type [h] Ochthenomus ceylonicus Motsch I. or. Ceyl. Colomb [h]’ (ZMMU) .

Additional material examined. INDIA: MAHARASHTRA, Bombay – Bandra, Javakar leg., 1 ♀ (BMNH). SRI LANKA: SOUTHERN prov., Ratnapura distr., Panamure env., 11.-12.xii.1995, Bečvář & Košťál leg., 1♀ (ZKDC) ; EASTERN prov., Arugambay env., 4.-11.vii.2003, O. Mehl leg., 1 ♀ (ZKDC) .

Distribution. India (Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu), Sri Lanka (MOTSCHULSKY 1863; BONADONA 1986; KEJVAL 1998; TELNOV 1998, 2001; UHMANN 1983). Records from India (Madhya Pradesh) and Sri Lanka (Medavachiya) by UHMANN (1983) are based on misidentified specimens of E. castelsi; the respective specimens were listed under this species by KEJVAL (1998).

Remarks. The possible synonymy of E. ceylonica and E. nana was already discussed in my previous paper (KEJVAL 1998). It is now confirmed by the examination of the syntypes of the former species.