Pyrrhobaphus scutellatus Breddin, 1907

(Figs. 7–8)

Pyrrhobaphus scutellatus Breddin, 1907a: 43 . Lectotype (Gaedike 1971: 120): Ceylon [= Sri Lanka]: Nalanda; DEIC.

Current status. Junior subjective synonym of Graptostethus verticalis (Dallas, 1852), new synonymy .

Type material examined. Lectotype: ♂, “Nalanda / CeylonHorn”, “ Pyrrhobaphus / scutellatus / Bredd.” [Breddin’s hw], “ Lectotypus ” [red], “H. Gaedike des. 196 [pr] 9 [hw]”; micro-pinned, tarsus of right fore leg lacking (DEIC) (Figs. 7–8).

Remarks. The species was described from an unspecified number of specimens of both sexes from Anuradhapura, Horrowapatam and Nalanda, Ceylon [= Sri Lanka]. A lectotype (Figs. 7–8) was selected and paralectotypes were listed by Gaedike (1971). Re-examination of the type material of both P. scutellatus and G.

verticalis (deposited in BMNH) by the senior author concluded that they are conspecific, therefore the above new subjective synonymy is proposed. Graptostethus verticalis was described from unknown locality. Later Distant (1910) recorded it from northeastern India and Slater (1979) from Sri Lanka.