Physopelta (Neophysopelta) indra Kirkaldy & Edwards, 1902

Stehlík, Jaroslav L., 2013, Review and reclassification of the Old World genus Physopelta (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2), pp. 505-584 : 533-534

Physopelta (Neophysopelta) indra Kirkaldy & Edwards, 1902

Physopelta indra Kirkaldy & Edwards, 1902: 165 (diagnosis, differences from Ph. quadriguttata , distribution).

SYNTYPES: ♂ ♀, India, Puducherry, Mayyazhi (former Mahé) District (depository unknown).

Note. There are no syntypes of this species in BMNH. There are 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀ from the type locality deposited in MNHN (see Material examined), moreover the paper by Kirkaldy and Edwards was based on specimens from collection of A. M. Montandon, but we found no evidence the specimens are the syntypes.

Physopelta indra: DISTANT (1903a) : 98 (synonymized with Ph. quadriguttata ).

Physopelta quadriguttata (partim): BERGROTH (1913): 167 (catalogue, synonym of Ph. quadriguttata ).

Physopelta indra: TAEUBER (1927) : 176 and 177 (as distinct species; differences from Ph. lisae and Ph. roseni ); HUSSEY (1929): 31–32 (catalogue, distribution); STEHLÍK (2007b): 134 (distribution).

Additional material examined. INDIA: South India, T.V. Campbell Coll., B.M. 1930-599, no date, 1♂, no collector ( BMNH). – KARNATAKA: Ablathi , 12°17′N 17°06′E, ca. 800 m a.s.l., x.1984, 1♀, W.Lolenz lgt.( ZSMC) ; Bangalore [= Bengaluru], Atkinson Coll., 92-6, no date, 1♂, no collector ( BMNH) ; Chikkaballapura, no date, 1 ♂, T.V.Campbell lgt. ( BMNH) ; 20 km SE Segar , 14°06.37′N 75 08.93′E, 12.v.2005, 1 ♀, M. Halada lgt. ( ZJPC). – PUDUCHERRY: MAYYAZHI DISTRICT: Mahé [= Mayyazhi] , 1902, 1♂ 2♀♀, M.Maindron lgt.( MNHN). – TAMIL NADU: S. India, Alagar [=Azhagar] Kovil, Madura Dt., B.M.-C.M.Expedn.to S. India, 1936, Brit.Mus.1936-512, 20.iii.1936, 1♀, no collector ( BMNH) ; Mons [= Mt.] Kodikanel [= Kodaikanal], 1898, 1 ♂, coll. Noualhier ( MNHN) ; Tenmalai, Travancore, 12.–15.x.1937, 1 ♂, B.M.-C.M. Exp. to South India ( BMNH). – MYANMAR: KACHIN: N.E.Burma, Waingman [= Waingmaw], Brit. Mus.1935-630, 15.iii.1934, 1 ♂, R.Malaise lgt.( BMNH). – SRI LANKA: Dambula env., 300 m a.s.l., 19.iv.–9.v.1991, 2 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀, J. Kolibáč lgt. ( ZSMC) ; Trincomalee, xi.1906, 1 ♀, no collector ( BMNH).

Distribution. India (Karnataka; Kerala; Puducherry: Mayyazhi District; Tamil Nadu) (KIRKALDY & EDWARDS 1902; this paper), Sri Lanka (new record), Myanmar (new record), Laos ( STEHLÍK 2007b).

HUSSEY (1929) listed distribution of this species as Burma, referring to the original description, which was an evident mistake.