Mastigocoleus testarum Lagerheim, 1886a: 66, pl. (s.n.) (type locality: Kristineberg, Sweden).—Frémy, 1939: 57.— Iyengar & Desikachary, 1944: 42–44, fig. 6.— K. Srinivasan, 1947: 272.— Newton, 1955b: 144.— Desikachary, 1959: 575, pl. 122.— Whitton & Potts, 1979a: 129.— Whitton & Potts, 1979b: 4, 5.— S. Dixit, 1980: 60.— Drouet, 1981: 109–113, fig. 14.— Untawale, Dhargalkar, & Agadi, 1983: [41].— Sartoni, 1986: 361, fig. 3B.— Raghukumar, Sharma, & Lande, 1991: 305, table 1.— Basson, 1992: 224.— Thajuddin & G. Subramanian, 1992a: table III.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Aldabra Islands, Bahrain, India, Maldives, Somalia.