New synonyms, combinations and status in the Chinese species of the family Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) with additional faunistic records Author Pan, Zhao The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China Author Ren, Guo-Dong 0000-0001-5808-9122 The Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Application, College of Life Sciences, Institute of Life Science and Green Development, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, P. R. China & gdren @ hbu. edu. cn; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5808 - 9122 gdren@hbu.edu.cn text Zootaxa 2020 2020-07-28 4820 2 260 286 journal article 8934 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.2.3 aff164bb-7a9c-48f5-b7a9-3f4545670f40 1175-5326 4397628 581C6773-3B96-48FD-9835-33E26B3B6FEB Denierella venerabilis Kaszab, 1956 Denierella venerabilis Kaszab, 1956: 633 . Type locality: “ Naga Hills , Assam ”, India . Type depository: BMNH, HNHM. Epicauta thailandica Dvořák, 1996: 40 . Type locality: “ Doi Pui , Thailand ” . Type depository: NMPC. syn. nov. Denierella striolata Yang et Ren, 2007a: 54 . Type locality: “ Jinghong , Yunnan , China ” . Type depository: MHBU, cMAB. Synonymized by Batelka & Hájek 2015: 127 . Denierella thailandica : Batelka & Hájek 2015: 127 . Type material examined. Denierella venerabilis : Paratypes : 1 ♂ , “ Naga hills // Assam ”, “ Butler ”, “Ind. Mus .”, “Naga Hills. // captor Butler ”, “ Hypreauta venerabilis Wellman // Type ”, “ Paratypus // 1955 // Denierella venerabilis Kaszab ” ( HNHM ; Fig. 11 ) ; 1 ex. , “ Naga hills // Assam ”, “ Butler ”, “Ind. Mus .”, “Naga Hills. // captor Butler ”, “9314/3”, “ Paratypus // 1955 // Denierella venerabilis Kaszab ” ( HNHM ) . Denierella striolata : Holotype : ♂ , “ 2006.VIII.6 // ñRḎử¶Əâ [ China , Yunnan , Jinghong, Wild Elephant Valley ] // ḤṬḦṮ [ Yang Yuxia leg.] // ṄükṳMUm [Museum of Hebei University]”, “ HOLOTYPE // Denierella striolata ” (MHBU) . Paratypes : 65 exx., “ 2006.VIII.6 // ñRḎử¶Əâ [ China , Yunnan , Jinghong, Wild Elephant Valley ] // ḤṬḦṮ [ Yang Yuxia leg.] // ṄükṳMUm [Museum of Hebei University]”, “ PARATYPE // Denierella striolata ”( MHBU ; Fig. 12 ) . Other material examined from China . YUNNAN : 1 ♂ 1♀ , Mt. Kongming (Elev. 2150 m ), 1957.IX.20 , Zang Lingchao leg. ( HNHM ) . Distribution. China : Yunnan ; India : Assam , Thailand . Remarks. Batelka & Hájek (2015) discussed the morphological identity of Denierella striolata and Epicauta thailandica , transferred E. thailandica to the genus Denierella , and pointed out that D. striolata is a junior synonym of D. thailandica . Yang & Ren (2007a) considered that D. striolata differs from D. venerabilis by “more parts of the body with long black setae…; male antennomere II three times as long as wide, X shorter than III; pronotum longer than wide, hardly depressed at base; median longitudinal light pubescent stripe nearly extending to the apex of elytron, and as broad as that along outer margin”. According to the examination of the type material of both taxa (see above), we discovered that D. venerabilis has the same features of D. striolata . Thus, we considered D. striolata and E. thailandica are junior synonyms of D. venerabilis .