PUNDALUOYA

Nuwara Eliya (Nuwara Eliya District - LK)
7.014700,80.671700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unidentified item characterised by nests of swiftlets (note 1). SITUATION: At an unspecified location (MAA 1980: 842) somewhere in the vicinity of the village of Pundaluoya or Pundaloya and Punduloya (note 2). CAVE DESCRIPTION: None (possibly a high, sheltered cliff in the open air). CAVE LIFE: E.E. Green collected (January 1898) at Pundaluoya specimens of a louse fly (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Myophthiria Rondani), which J. Bequaert described as M. lygaeoides (note 3) and MAA (1980: 842-843) identified as one of the paratypes of Myophthiria Myophthiria zeylanica, sp. nov. (note 4).An unidentified item characterised by nests of swiftlets (note 1). SITUATION: At an unspecified location (MAA 1980: 842) somewhere in the vicinity of the village of Pundaluoya or Pundaloya and Punduloya (note 2). CAVE DESCRIPTION: None (possibly a high, sheltered cliff in the open air). CAVE LIFE: E.E. Green collected (January 1898) at Pundaluoya specimens of a louse fly (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Myophthiria Rondani), which J. Bequaert described as M. lygaeoides (note 3) and MAA (1980: 842-843) identified as one of the paratypes of Myophthiria Myophthiria zeylanica, sp. nov. (note 4).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Maa, T C 1980.

History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
10.6RAMBODA PASS CAVES
16.1MATURATA NITRE CAVE, Padiyapelella
16.1DIMBOOLDENE (Cave at)
17.9SITA KUND, Hakgala
19.4HAKGALA (Cave at)
21.7AA CAVE (Baker 1855)
22.8LAKSAPANA FALLS CAVE
23.5SEVEN VIRGINS (Cave of the)
24.3POWERSTATION CAVE 2, Norton Bridge