The MHNG collection contains one ♂ and three ♀ in
alcohol under the name Spirostreptus kandijanus. Humbert explicitly based the description solely on the ♂,
adding that the ♀ specimens were found with it. de Zoysa
et al. (2016) erroneously placed this name as a junior
synonym of Thyropygus allevatus (Karsch, 1881), citing
Hoffman (1982). However, in this publication Hoffman
(1982: 36) revised specimens from Thailand identifi ed
as S. kandyanus by Daday, and identifi ed them as
T. allevatus, but his mention of “Spirostreptus kandyanus
(sensu Daday nec. Humbert, 1866 [sic])” clearly did
not bring Humbert’s species into question. The generic
placement is uncertain, and the genus Spirostreptus
probably does not occur in Sri Lanka (de Zoysa et al.,
2017)