pillaii, Homaloptera Indra [T. J.] & Rema Devi [K.] 1981:67, Pl. 2 (figs. A-B) [Bulletin of the Zoological Survey of India v. 4 (no. 1); ref. 8585] Kunthi River, Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Holotype: SRS/ZSI 462. Paratypes: SRS/ZSI 463 (3), R.S. Pillai coll. (17). Type catalog: Menon 1987:228 [ref. 14149]. See Das 2003:362 [ref. 27706] as pillai and second author as Remadevi. •Synonym of Homaloptera montana Herre 1945 -- (Menon 1987:226 [ref. 14149], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:452 [ref. 20764]). •Valid as Homaloptera pillaii Indra & Rema Devi 1981 -- (Pethiyagoda & Kottelat 1994:110 [ref. 21421], Shaji & Easa 1995:397 [ref. 22479], Kottelat 1998:271 [ref. 23656], Menon 1999:193 [ref. 24904], Kurup & Radhakrishnan 2011:225 [ref. 31584]). •Valid as 'Homaloptera pillaii' Indri & Rama Devi 1981 -- (Kottelat 2012:50 [ref. 32367]). •Valid as Ghatsa pillaii (Indra & Remi Devi 1981) -- (Randall & Page 2015:79 [ref. 33701] with question, Bleher 2018:108 [ref. 36647], Sidhartan et al. 2021:81 [ref. 38132]). Current status: Valid as Ghatsa pillaii (Indra & Rema Devi 1981). Balitoridae. Distribution: South Asia: Bhavani River drainage, Western Ghats (southern India). Habitat: freshwater.