Type specimens of Chrysomelidae and Megalopodidae (Coleoptera) in the National Forest Insect Collection (NFIC), Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, India
Author
Faisal, Mohammad
Author
Singh, Sudhir
text
Zootaxa
2018
4420
4
509
529
journal article
29157
10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.4
dcde82e0-f5ee-44e6-9a6a-9e00349457d6
1175-5326
1455409
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Melixanthus coorgensis
Bryant, 1941
: 405
(
Fig. 15
)
NFIC
has only one
paratype
with five labels,
Label
1:
White
label stating collection locality '(
INDIA
:
Tamil Nadu
);
North Salem
,
Aiyur
;
4.viii.1930
; collected by
FRI
Sandal Insect Survey'
.
Label
2: white with '
Plot
18'.
Label
3: with number '659'.
Label
4:
White
label with '
Melixanthus coorgensis
Bryant
,
Paratype
(hand written),
Det. GE Bryant'
.
Label
5:
Green
label stating '
Paratype'
.
Comments
: The species was described on the basis of two specimens. In the original description author did not mention the depository.