Dindymus sita Kirby, 1891: 104–105 Dindymus sita : LETHIERRY & SEVERIN (1894) : 247 DISTANT (1903a) : 113 DISTANT (1910) : 97 Dindymus Physopelta sita : BREDDIN (1909) : 296 HUSSEY (1929) : 33 Review and reclassification of the Old World genus Physopelta (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) Stehlík, Jaroslav L. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2013 2013-11-15 53 2 505 584 7WG5K (Kirby, 1891) Kirby 1891 [384,894,218,243] Insecta Largidae Physopelta Animalia Hemiptera 38 543 Arthropoda species sita Neophysopelta      Dindymus sita Kirby, 1891: 104–105, pl. IV: fig. 18 (description, figure, distribution).   SYNTYPES: Sri Lanka, Pundaloya (BMNH).      Dindymus sita: LETHIERRY & SEVERIN (1894): 247(catalogue);  DISTANT (1903a): 113(redescription);  DISTANT (1910): 97(insisting on the generic placement in  Dindymus).     Physopelta sita: BREDDIN (1909): 296(new combination, distribution); BERGROTH (1913): 167 (catalogue);  HUSSEY (1929): 33(catalogue, distribution).   Type material examined.  SYNTYPES: ♂ ( BMNH), ‘Type [p, white round label with red circle submarginally] // avers: Dindymus/ Sita Kb./ type [hw] / revers: Ceylon. / Green Coll. / 90-115. [p, white label] // 160 [hw, greyish label]’. The specimen is pinned through scutellum, right antenna and all legs on right side missing. – ♂ ( BMNH), ‘avers: Dindymus/ Sita / Kb. cotype [hw] / revers: Ceylon. / Green Coll. / 90-115. [p, white label] // 110 [hw, greyish label] // Pundaloya / Ceylon. [p, white label]’. The specimen is pinned through scutellum, left antennomere 4, left middle leg, right antennomeres 3 and 4, right protarsomeres 2 and 3, and entire mesotarsus missing.  Additional material examined.   SRI LANKA: Dambula,  300 ma.s.l.,  19.iv.–9.v.1991, 9♂♂ 14 ♀♀, J. Kolibáčlgt. ( ZSMC);  Diyatalawa,  xii.1900, 1 ♂, no collector, P. Kmentdet. ( BMNH);  Henaratgota,  14.ii.1902, 1 ♂, Dr. Uzellgt. ( NMPC);  Kandy,  30.iii.1902, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Dr. Uzellgt. ( NMPC); ditto,  31.i.1978, 2 ♀♀, Plössllgt. ( EHIA); ditto,  600 ma.s.l.,  1.–18.iv.1991, 1 ♂, J. Kolibáč( ZSMC);  Maskeliya, no date, 1 ♂, no collector, P. Kmentdet. ( BMNH);  Peradeniya,  x.1900, 1 ♀, no collector, P. Kmentdet. ( BMNH); ditto,  22.xi.1901, 1 ♂,  30.xii.1901, 1 ♀,  13.i.1902, 1 ♂,  ii.1902, 1 ♀,  26.iii.1902, 1 ♂, all Dr. Uzellgt. ( NMPC);  Trincomalee,  xi.1906, 2 ♀♀, no collector, P. Kmentdet. ( BMNH);  Uda Walawe,  SugarcaneResearch Institute, in sugarcanefield,  17.iv.1968, 1 ♀, C.I.E.A4578, no collector, M. S. K. Ghauridet, P. Kmentrevid. ( BMNH).   Distribution. Sri Lanka( KIRBY 1891, BREDDIN 1909). 3457532735 38 543 syntype 3457532462 1991-04-19 1991-05-09 1991-04-19 ZSMC J. Kolibac Sri Lanka 300 Dambula 38 543 14 14 3457532492 [236,786,614,639] 1900-12 BMNH Sri Lanka P. Kment Diyatalawa 38 543 1 3457533082 1902-02-14 NMPC J, Dr. Uzel Sri Lanka Henaratgota 38 543 1 3457532839 [270,708,639,666] 1902-03-30 NMPC Dr. Uzel Sri Lanka Kandy 38 543 1 1 3457533177 [717,1073,639,665] 1978-01-31 EHIA Plossl Sri Lanka Kandy 38 543 2 2 3457533235 1991-04-01 1991-04-18 1991-04-01 ZSMC J, J. Kolibac Sri Lanka 600 Kandy 38 543 1 3457533008 [601,1123,667,692] BMNH Sri Lanka P. Kment Maskeliya 38 543 1 3457532877 [151,684,693,718] 1900-10 BMNH Sri Lanka P. Kment Peradeniya 38 543 1 1 3457533012 1901-11-22 1902-03-26 1901-11-22 NMPC Dr. Uzel Sri Lanka P. Kment Peradeniya 38 543 2 2 3457533044 1906-11 BMNH Sri Lanka P. Kment Trincomalee 38 543 2 2 3457532897 1968-04-17 BMNH D. L. CARPINTERO & Kment Sri Lanka M. S. K. Ghauri Uda Walawe Sugarcane Research Institute 38 543 1 1