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