Desmoxytes planata (Pocock, 1895)

Prionopeltis planatus Pocock, 1895a: 829, fig. 21, (OD). Prionopeltis planatus— Attems, 1914a: 204, (R).

Prionopeltis planatus— Attems, 1937: 114 –115, fig. 149, (R). Pratinus planatus— Jeekel, 1964: 63, (R).

Pratinus planatus— Jeekel, 1968: 61, (R).

Pratinus planatus— Mauriès, 1980: 161, (R).

Desmoxytes planata— Jeekel, 1980b: 652 –654, figs 1–3, (R). Desmoxytes planata— Golovatch & Korsós, 1992: 25, (R). Desmoxytes planata— Golovatch & Enghoff, 1994: 60, figs 70–75, (R). Desmoxytes planata— Nguyen & Sierwald, 2013: 1240, (R).

Euphyodesmus (Ceylonesmus) vector Chamberlin, 1941: 33; synonymized by Jeekel (1980b: 652) Pratinus vector— Jeekel, 1964: 63

Euphyodesmus greeni— Attems, 1936: 213, fig. 37; synonymized by Jeekel (1980: 652)

See Nguyen & Sierwald (2013: 1240) for more synonyms.

Records from Sri Lanka. Peradeniya (Chamberlin, 1941).

Distribution. Pantropical species, widely found in Hawaian Isl., Andamans Isl., Java, Thailand, China, Seychelles (Nguyen & Sierwald, 2013).