Paratemnoides pallidus (Balzan, 1892)

(Figs 6 H, 6K)

Chelifer (Atemnus) pallidus Balzan 1892: 511 –512, fig 2, 2a.

Chelifer plebejus (not With, 1906): Tullgren 1907: 55, fig 15; Ellingsen, 1914: 4 (in part) (misidentifications).

Paratemnus ceylonicus Beier, 1932c: 569; Beier 1932b: 39 –40, fig 43–44; Beier 1973: 47 (synonymized by Klausen 2005: 647, fig 18).

Paratemnoides pallidus (Balzan): Harvey 1991: 472 –473; Klausen 2005: 647.

Distribution. Burundi; Cameroon; Congo; Côte d’Ivoire; Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire); Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; India; Kenya; Malaysia; São Tomé and Príncipe; Sierra Leone (type locality); Sri Lanka; Togo; Uganda.

Previous records. Western Province: Yakkala; Southern Province: Kosgoda, Udugama; Sabaragamuwa Province: Deerwood estate Kuruwita; Uva Province: Westminister Abbey; North Central Province: Maradan Maduwa, Minneriya (Beier 1973).

New records. Central Province: Kandy District: L 3 & L 17; North Western Province: Kurunegala District: L 10 & L 26.

Remarks. Common in Sri Lanka.