Laccophilus ceylonicus Zimmermann, 1919

(Figs. 3, 20)

Laccophilus horni Régimbart, 1902: 468 (original description); preoccupied by Branden, 1885: 21.

Laccophilus ceylonicus Zimmermann, 1919: 123 (replacement name); Vazirani, 1972: 119: (lectotype designation); Brancucci, 1983: 253 (description, new records).

Type locality. Nalanda [= Srí Lanka, Central Province, Nalanda].

Material examined. 28 specimens. INDIA: Maharashtra: 1 male 6 females, 100 km SW Poona, Mahabaleshwar, 1300 m, 16 September 1991, coll. R. Schuh (GWCV, NHMW) ; 12 ex., same locality, but 1400 m, 30 September–2 October 2005, coll. J. Bezděk (NMPC, PMCB); 2 females, 120 km NE Mumbai, Igatpuri env., 19.42,17N 73.33,06E, 1–12 August 2002, coll. P. Šípek & M. Fikáček (NMPC) . Orissa: 1 male, Daitari Distr., Jajpur – Keonjahr [ Keonjhargarh], trapped during monsoon 1967, coll. G. Topál (NHMB). SRI LANKA: 1 female, Nalanda, 1899, coll. W. Horn (ZSMG) ; 1 male, Puwakpitya, hiver [winter] 1906–1907, coll. E. Bugnion (GWCV) ; 1 female, Veli Oya Belihuoya [most probably Belihul Oya], 8 December 1970, coll. Starmülluer (GWCV) ; 2 males 1 female, Dambulla env., 300 m, 19 April–9 May 1991, coll. J. Kolibáč (NMPC, NHMB).

Diagnosis. Medium sized, elongate oval species (body length 3.8–4.1 mm). Elytra with subbasal testaceous band sinuous, narrow, well separated from elytral base (Fig. 3). Apical part of median lobe in lateral view with distinct bulge on dorsal side; apex with pointed tip (Fig. 20).

Distribution. The species was described and known previously only from Sri Lanka (Brancucci, 1983). The present records from Maharashtra and Orissa allowed us to expect that is widely distributed also in the Indian subcontinent (Fig. 40).