Phrynarachne ceylonica (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1884)

Figs 2, 21

Ornithoscatoides ceylonica O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1884: 201, pl. 15, fig. 3. For the complete list of references see WSC (2021).

Type material.

Syntypes 2♀, "Ceylon, G.H.K. Thwaites leg.", Hope Department of Entomology, Oxford, UK, not examined; O. nigra O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1884: Syntypes 2♂, "Ceylon and India, G.H.K. Thwaites leg.", Hope Department of Entomology, Oxford, UK, not examined.

Other material examined.

2♂ (IZCAS), Xishuangbanna, Jinghong City, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Menglun Nature Reserve, primary tropical seasonal rain forest, 21.9598°N, 101.2035°E, 822 m elev., 8.VIII.2007, Guo Zheng leg. ; 1♂ (IZCAS), Xishuangbanna, Jinghong City, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Menglun Nature Reserve, Paramichelia baillonii plantation (about 20 years old), 21.9129°N, 101.2674°E, 556 m elev., 18.VII.2007, Guo Zheng leg. ; 2♂ (IZCAS), Xishuangbanna, Jinghong City, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Menglun Nature Reserve, secondary tropical seasonal moist forest, 21.9120°N, 101.2823°E, 645 m elev., 27.VII.2007, Guo Zheng leg. ; 1♂ (IZCAS), Xishuangbanna, Jinghong City, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Menglun Nature Reserve, Anogeissus acuminata plantation (about 20 yr.), 21.8999°N, 101.2802°E, 611 m elev., 19.VIII.2007, Guo Zheng leg. ; 2♀ (IZCAS), Xishuangbanna, Jinghong City, Mengla County, Menglun Town, Menglun Nature Reserve, secondary tropical seasonal moist forest, 21.9065°N, 101.2802°E, 612 m elev., 10.VIII.2007, Guo Zheng leg.

Distribution.

Asia: from India and Sri Lanka to Japan, south to Indonesia. In China is known from Guangxi, Taiwan, and Yunnan.