242. Melita zeylanica Stebbing, 1904

Type locality: Sri Lanka .

Distribution. World: Sri Lanka (Stebbing 1904), Mozambique, South Africa (Barnard1955), India (Sivaprakasam 1966).

India: Western India Ecoregion: Kerala (Pillai 1967; Nair et al. 1983; Dev Roy et al. 2009); Arabian Sea (Surya Rao 1972); South India Ecoregion: Tamil Nadu (Sivaprakasam 1966); Northern Bay of Bengal Ecoregion: Bay of Bengal (Surya Rao 1972); Andaman and Nicobar Islands Ecoregion: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Das & Dev Roy 1984, 1989; Nandi & Dev Roy 2009).

Genus: Verdeia Lowry & Springthorpe, 2007