HINDAGALLA CAVE, Namunukula

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified Hindagalla Cave, Namunukula (note 1) of unknown nature and character is not only good for swiftlets (Collocalia brevirostris Jerdon) but also for their parasites. SITUATION (MAA 1980: 842 after W W A Phillips 1954.07.04): In the Hindagalla Estate and at an elevation of 5000 feet (1520 m asl), in the Uva Hills, near the mountain, village or estate of Namunukula (note 2) and, of course, in one way or another inland from –>Caltura (TENNENT 1860: 248). The Survey of Ceylon (later: Survey of Sri Lanka) sheet -Nuwara Eliya- (One-Inch series, 1972 edition) indicates both the estate Hindagalla and the village of Namunukula at a travelling distance of 10 miles (16 km) alsong the road from Ella (N06°52': E081°03') generally east towards Passara (N06°56': E081°09'). CAVE LIFE: MAA (1980: 842-843, fig. 9) gives taxonomical descriptions louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Myophthiria Rondani 1878) including M. zeylanica sp. nov. (note 3), of which two male paratypes (descried by H. Oldroyd as M. lygaeoides) collected W.W.A. Phillips (1954.07.04) from Hindagalla Cave, 5000 feet (1520 m asl), Uva Hills, Namunukula (note 4).An unspecified Hindagalla Cave, Namunukula (note 1) of unknown nature and character is not only good for swiftlets (Collocalia brevirostris Jerdon) but also for their parasites. SITUATION (MAA 1980: 842 after W W A Phillips 1954.07.04): In the Hindagalla Estate and at an elevation of 5000 feet (1520 m asl), in the Uva Hills, near the mountain, village or estate of Namunukula (note 2) and, of course, in one way or another inland from –>Caltura (TENNENT 1860: 248). The Survey of Ceylon (later: Survey of Sri Lanka) sheet -Nuwara Eliya- (One-Inch series, 1972 edition) indicates both the estate Hindagalla and the village of Namunukula at a travelling distance of 10 miles (16 km) alsong the road from Ella (N06°52': E081°03') generally east towards Passara (N06°56': E081°09'). CAVE LIFE: MAA (1980: 842-843, fig. 9) gives taxonomical descriptions louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae: Myophthiria Rondani 1878) including M. zeylanica sp. nov. (note 3), of which two male paratypes (descried by H. Oldroyd as M. lygaeoides) collected W.W.A. Phillips (1954.07.04) from Hindagalla Cave, 5000 feet (1520 m asl), Uva Hills, Namunukula (note 4).