Iphita grandis Distant, 1903

Iphita grandis Distant, 1903: 97 . Syntype (s): ‘ Ceylon; Peradeniya (Green)’ (BMNH).

Type material exmined. Syntype: ♀, ‘Type [p, round white label with red margin] // Perydeniya, / Ceylon, [p] VIII-1900 [hw, white label] // Distant Coll. / 1911–383. [p, white label] // grandis / Dist. [hw, white label]’. Pinned through scutellum; left antenna and right antennomere 4 missing.

Additional material examined. SRI LANKA: Galagedara, i.1910, 2 ♂♂, E. E. Green lgt., P. Kment det. (BMNH); Kan.[dy] District, Hasalaka, Dam Spillway, 300′ [= 91 m a.s.l.], 23. xi.1970, 2 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀, O. S. Flint Jr. lgt., P. Kment det. (NMPC, USNM); Udawattakele, 1800 ft [= 549 m a.s.l.], black light, 19. xi.1976, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, G. F. Kevel, R. E. Dietz IV, S. Karunaratne & D. W. Balasooriya lgt., P. Kment (NMPC, USNM); Central Province, Kandy District, Talwatte, 14. xi.1995, 1 ♀, M. Shaffer lgt., J. L. Stehlík det. (BMNH); Kandy, i.1903, 2 ♂♂, Distant Coll., P. Kment det. (BMNH); Kandy, ix.1914, 1 ♂, White Coll., P. Kment det. (BMNH); Harayam, i.1903, 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀, Distant Coll., P. Kment det. (BMNH).

Distribution. Sri Lanka (Distant 1903; Breddin 1909, as Physopelta grandis; Ahmad & Abbas 1992; this paper).