Acanthoglossa hirta KRAATZ, 1859

Medon sutteri SCHEERPELTZ, 1957: 280 ff.; nov.syn.

Type material examined Acanthoglossa hirta: see ASSING (2009).

Medon sutteri: Paratypes: 1♂: " ♀ [sic] /582 W-Sumba, Waikarudi, 3.-7.9.49 / Lichtfang / Expedition Bühler-Sutter/ Sumba-Exped. d. Naturhist. Mus. Basel 1949 / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Cotypus Medon Sutteri O. Scheerpeltz / Acanthoglossa hirta Kraatz, det. V. Assing 2014 (NHMW) ; 1 sex? [apical segments of abdomen missing]: "♂ / 228. O-Sumba, Baing, 29.6.49 / Lichtfang / Expedition Bühler-Sutter/ Sumba-Exped. d. Naturhist. Mus. Basel 1949 / ex coll. Scheerpeltz / Cotypus Medon Sutteri O. Scheerpeltz / Acanthoglossa hirta Kraatz, det. V. Assing 2014 (NHMW).

Additional material examined: Thailand: 17 exs., Chumphon province, Pha To env., 9°48'N, 98°47'E, 27.III.-14.IV.1996, leg. Majer (NHMB, cAss); 4 exs., same data, but III.1996 (NHMB, cAss); 1 ex., Ranong province, Ban Na env., 9°34'N, 98°42'E, 22.-26.III.1996, leg. Majer (NHMB); 1 ex., Chum Thong, 18°26'N, 98°41'E, 24.-27.IV.1991, leg. Dembický (cAss). Laos: 1 ex., Vientiane province, Vang-Vieng, 18°55'N, 102°26'E, 300 m, V-VI.2000, leg. Kolibáč (NHMB). India: 3 exs., Orissa state, Similipal N. P., Lulung, 21°56'N, 86°32'E, V-VI.1998, leg. Majer (NHMB, cAss) .

Comment: The original description of Medon sutteri is based on a male holotype and seven paratypes from the " Insel Sumba" (SCHEERPELTZ 1957). An examination of the aedeagus of the above male paratype revealed that it is conspecific with the type material of Acanthoglossa hirta . For recent records from the Yemenitic island Socotra see ASSING (2012). The vast distribution of A. hirta ranges from the Middle East across the Himalaya, India, and Sri Lanka to Indonesia (Sumatra, Sumba).