Physopelta (Neophysopelta) sita (Kirby, 1891) Dindymus sita Kirby, 1891: 104–105, pl. IV: fig. 18 (description, figure, distribution). SYNTYPES: Sri Lanka, Pundaloya (BMNH). Dindymus sita: LETHIERRY & SEVERIN (1894): 247 (catalogue); DISTANT (1903a): 113 (redescription); DISTANT (1910): 97 (insisting on the generic placement in Dindymus). Physopelta sita: BREDDIN (1909): 296 (new combination, distribution); BERGROTH (1913): 167 (catalogue); HUSSEY (1929): 33 (catalogue, distribution). Type material examined. SYNTYPES: ♂ (BMNH), ‘Type [p, white round label with red circle submarginally] // avers: Dindymus / Sita Kb. / type [hw] / revers: Ceylon. / Green Coll. / 90-115. [p, white label] // 160 [hw, greyish label]’. The specimen is pinned through scutellum, right antenna and all legs on right side missing. – ♂ (BMNH), ‘avers: Dindymus / Sita / Kb. cotype [hw] / revers: Ceylon. / Green Coll. / 90-115. [p, white label] // 110 [hw, greyish label] // Pundaloya / Ceylon. [p, white label]’. The specimen is pinned through scutellum, left antennomere 4, left middle leg, right antennomeres 3 and 4, right protarsomeres 2 and 3, and entire mesotarsus missing. Additional material examined. SRI LANKA: Dambula, 300 m a.s.l., 19.iv.–9.v.1991, 9♂♂ 14 ♀♀, J. Kolibáč lgt. (ZSMC); Diyatalawa, xii.1900, 1 ♂, no collector, P. Kment det. (BMNH); Henaratgota, 14.ii.1902, 1 ♂, Dr. Uzel lgt. (NMPC); Kandy, 30.iii.1902, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Dr. Uzel lgt. (NMPC); ditto, 31.i.1978, 2 ♀♀, Plössl lgt. (EHIA); ditto, 600 m a.s.l., 1.–18.iv.1991, 1 ♂, J. Kolibáč (ZSMC); Maskeliya, no date, 1 ♂, no collector, P. Kment det. (BMNH); Peradeniya, x.1900, 1 ♀, no collector, P. Kment det. (BMNH); ditto, 22.xi.1901, 1 ♂, 30.xii.1901, 1 ♀, 13.i.1902, 1 ♂, ii.1902, 1 ♀, 26.iii.1902, 1 ♂, all Dr. Uzel lgt. (NMPC); Trincomalee, xi.1906, 2 ♀♀, no collector, P. Kment det. (BMNH); Uda Walawe, Sugarcane Research Institute, in sugarcane field, 17.iv.1968, 1 ♀, C.I.E. A4578, no collector, M. S. K. Ghauri det, P. Kment revid. (BMNH). Distribution. Sri Lanka (KIRBY 1891, BREDDIN 1909).

Published as part of Stehlík, Jaroslav L., 2013, Review and reclassification of the Old World genus Physopelta (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae), pp. 505-584 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2) on page 543, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5739959