Reddyanus besucheti (Vachon, 1982) comb. n.

(Figs. 14, 205, 211–212, 227–228, 246, 255, 291–302, 411–412, 562, 564, 566–567, Tables 3, 5)

Isometrus (Reddyanus) besucheti Vachon, 1982: 93–97, figs. 47, 51–57, 90–91; Fet & Lowe, 2000: 151; Lourenço & Huber, 2002: 267; Kovařík, 2003: 5–6; Kovařík & Ojanguren, 2013: 186 (in part).

TYPE LOCALITY AND TYPE REPOSITORY. Sri Lanka, Ambagaswewa; MHNG.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. Sri Lanka, Ambagaswewa, Locality 44, 3.II.1970, leg. C. Besuchet et Y. Löbl, 1♂ (holotype, Figs. 211, 411, 566, Table 3), MHNG.

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. Sri Lanka, North Central Province, Polonnaruwa District, ca 35 km from Dambula, 07°57'15.1"N 080°54'45,4"E, 132 m a.s.l. (Locality 15CD, Fig. 578), 22. IV.2015, 2♂ (topotypes, Figs. 205, 227, 246, 255, 291–292, 295–297), FKCP, leg. Kovařík et al.; North Central Province, Polonnaruwa District, near Kaudulla National Park, 08°08'40.6"N 080°51' 04"E, 101 m a.s.l. (Locality 15CF, Fig. 581) , 23. IV. 2015, 1♂ (Fig. 562, 564, 56 7), FKCP, leg. Kovařík et al.; Central Province, Matale District, Habarana, Wananiwahana Resort, 07°59'25.8"N 080°43'24.6"E, 280 m a.s.l. (Locality 15CG, Fig. 582), 23. –24. IV.2015, 1♀ (Figs. 212, 228, 293–294, 298–300, 302, 412), FKCP, leg. Kovařík et al.; North Central Province, Anuradhapura District, Mihintale, 08°20'51.8"N 080°30'27.7"E, 156 m a.s.l. (Locality 15CL, Fig. 589), 27. –28.IV.2015, 1♀ 1juv.♂, FKCP, leg. Kovařík et al .

DIAGNOSIS. Total length 30–45 mm. Male with slightly longer metasomal segments and telson than female. Segments of pedipalps approximately the same length in both sexes, pedipalp chela wider in male. Pedipalps and legs with brown maculation, identical on femur and patella. First metasomal segment with 10 carinae, second through fourth segments with eight carinae, fifth segment with five carinae in female and three to five in male. Posterior terminal tubercle of each dorsal carina on metasomal segments of both sexes scarcely larger than preceding tubercles. Subaculear tooth wide and rounded, dorsally with granules in three rows, four symmetrical granules and one or two granules on tip. Glabrous zone along posterior margin of fifth sternite either absent or present. Pectinal teeth number 12–18 in both sexes.

DISTRIBUTION. Sri Lanka