55. Dryinus pyrillae (Kieffer, 1911)

Lestodryinus pyrillae Kieffer 1911: 108 .

Dryinus lankanus Olmi 1984: 821; synonymized by Olmi (1991).

Material examined. Holotype (Ƥ) and paratypes (10 Ƥ) of D. lankanus: Sri Lanka, Mate District, W of Sigiriya, Kibissa, holotype [USNM]; Moneragala District, Angunakolapelessa, 2 paratypes [USNM, AMNH]; Kandy District, Kandy, 3 paratypes [USNM]; Vavunyia District, 25 mi. NW of Medawachchiya, Parayanalankulam, 3 paratypes [USNM]; Hambantota District, Palatupana tank, 2 paratypes [USNM]. China: Guangdong: Guangzhou, 25.VI.1983, 26.VI.1983, Z. Bouček coll., 2 Ƥ [BMNH]; Shixing County, Chebaling National Nature Reserve, 21.VIII.2003, Zaifu Xu coll., 1 Ƥ [ZJUC]; Nankunshan Provincial Nature Reserve, 15.VI.2007, Zaifu Xu coll., 1 Ƥ [SCAU].

Hosts. Lophopidae (Guglielmino & Olmi 1997): in India: Pyrilla aberrans (Kirby), P. perpusilla (Walker) and P. pusana Distant.

Distribution. Oriental. China: Taiwan, Guangdong (He & Xu 2002); India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka (Olmi 1984, 1991; He & Xu 2002); Japan: Ryukyu Islands (Mita 2009b).

Notes. Type material of Lestodryinus pyrillae probably lost (Olmi 1984); the modern identification of D. pyrillae is based on topotypic material deposited in IARI.