Nitela collaris Turner, 1916

(Figs 1–15)

As Nitela fallax: Turner, 1916: 343 (Bihar: Pusa; Sri Lanka).

Nitela collaris Turner, 1926: 201, ♀. Syntypes: India: Bihar: Pusa; Sri Lanka: Peradiniya; Malaysia: Selangor: Kuala Lumpur (NHM).

Diagnosis. Mesoscutum with transverse ridges (Figs 4 & 12); pronotum with broad transverse groove, anterior angles almost rectangular, anterior margin conspicuously raised (Figs 4 & 12); propodeum reticulate (Figs 5 & 13).

Distribution. India: Bihar, Karnataka (new record), Kerala (new record), West Bengal (new record). Elsewhere: China; Malaysia; Sri Lanka (Pulawski 2025).

Material examined. INDIA: Karnataka, Udupi district, Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Kollur check dam (13°51'12"N, 74°48'37"E), 4.ix.2021, 1 ♀, V.D. Hegde & Party collectors, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/ INV/18925; Kerala, Kannur district, Kannapuram (11°58'01"N, 75°20'21"N), 2.xii.2018, 25.xii.2018, 16.xii.2018, 3.iii.2019, 28.iv.2019, 4.viii.2019, 11 ♀ & 1 ♂, C. Charesh collector, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV/18604– 18613, 18617 & 19034; Thiruvananthapuram district, Karyavattam (8°34'35"N, 76°53'16"E), 27.ix.2019, 1 ♀, N.V. Ayisha Mawadda collector, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV/18614; Kozhikode district, Kottooli (11°16'41"N, 75°47'31"E), 20.vi.2017, 1 ♀, P. Girish Kumar collector, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV/18615; Wayanad district, Thirunelli, Pothumala (11°30'22"N, 76°08'17"E), 13.vi.2020, 2 ♀, P. Girish Kumar collector, ZSIK Regd. Nos. ZSI/WGRC/IR/INV/19035 & 19036; West Bengal, Purba Medinipur district, Digha, Zoological Survey of India Campus (21°37'17"N, 87°30'56"E), 24.iii.2021, 1 ♀, K.G. Emiliyamma collector, ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC/IR/INV/18616.