New synonyms, combinations and faunistic records in the genus Denierella Kaszab (Coleoptera: Meloidae) Author Batelka, Jan Author Hájek, Jiří text Zootaxa 2015 4000 1 123 130 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.1.6 24395b5f-99a9-41da-bcdf-48788c0a521b 1175-5326 239476 1BAC8A7C-F93C-40A5-B710-28D13F9A708D Denierella promerotricha ( Dvořák, 1996 ) , comb. nov. ( Fig. 2 ) Epicauta promerotricha Dvořák, 1996 : 37 . Type material examined. Holotype ♂ ( NMPC ), labelled: “ India sept.,19–21.7. / Uttar Prades sept. / Karna Prayag env. / M.Valenta lgt., 1994 [typed] // HOLOTYPUS [red label glued under locality label, printed] // Epicauta sp. n. / promerotricha [typed] / det. M. Dvořák [printed], 95 [typed] // ex coll. M. Dvořák / National museum / Prague, Czech Republic [printed]”. Paratypes . 13 specimens , same label data as holotype , but “ PARATYPUS [red label, printed]”; 1♂ , labelled: “ INDIA bor. 770 m . / UTTAR PRADES bor. / KARNAPRAYAG env. / 19.– 21.7.1994 / lgt. M. Valenta [printed] // PARATYPUS [red label glued under locality label, printed] // Epicauta [printed] sp.n. [blue handwriting] / promerotricha / det. M. Dvořák, 95 [printed]”; 6 specimens , labelled “ India sept., 3.8.1994 / Uttar Prades sept. / Nejibabad env. / M. Valenta legit [typed] // PARATYPUS [red label, printed] // Epicauta sp. n. / promerotricha / det. M. Dvořák, 95 [printed] // ex coll. M. Dvořák / National museum / Prague, Czech Republic [printed]”; 1♂ , labelled: “ India c., 8/1986 / Panna Nat.Park / Werner legit. [typed] // PARATYPUS [red label, printed] // Epicauta sp. n. / promerotricha [typed] / det. M. Dvořák [printed], 95 [typed] // ex coll. M. Dvořák / National museum / Prague, Czech Republic [printed]”; 1 specimen , labelled: “Darjeeling [yellow label with black border, handwritten] // PARATYPUS [red label, printed] // Epicauta sp. n. / promerotricha / det. M. Dvořák, 95 [printed]”; 1♂ , labelled: “ India sept.or. / Darjeeling / Nat.Mus.Praha [typed] // PARATYPUS [red label, printed] // Epicauta sp. n. / promerotricha / det. M. Dvořák, 95 [printed] // ex coll. M. Dvořák / National museum / Prague, Czech Republic [printed]” (all NMPC ). Additional material examined. NEPAL : 1♂ , Chitwan Roy. Nat. Park, Sauraha vill., 27.35N , 84.30E , 166 m , 21.–27.vii.2000 , J. Schneider leg. ( NMPC ). Remark to classification. Dvořák (1996) did not mention pretarsal claws in the original description of E. promerotricha . However, the claws are distinctly serrate, which place the species in the genus Denierella . Distribution. India (Darjeeling, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh) ( Dvořák 1996 ). First record from Nepal .