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
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1175-5326
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Denierella thailandica
(
Dvořák, 1996
)
,
comb. nov.
(
Fig. 3
)
Epicauta thailandica
Dvořák, 1996
: 40
.
Denierella striolata
Yang & Ren, 2007
: 54
,
syn. nov.
Type
material examined.
Epicauta thailandica
:
Holotype
♂ (
NMPC
), labelled: “
Thailand
, Doi Pui, / Chiangmai / 14.7.l980 / ex coll. Probst [typed] //
HOLOTYPUS
[red label glued under locality label, printed] //
Epicauta
/
thailandica
sp.n.
[typed] det. M. Dvořák [printed], 95 [typed] // ex coll. M. Dvořák / National museum / Prague,
Czech Republic
[printed] //
DENIERELLA
/
thailandica
/ (
Dvořák, 1996
) / =
striolata
Yang & Ren, 2007
/ Jan Batelka det. 2013 [printed]”.
Denierella striolata
:
Paratypes
,
1♂
1♀ (
MBCR
), labelled: “
Denierella Stridata
[sic!] /
China
, Yunnan, Jinghang /
4.VIII.2006
Y
.X. Yang coll. [printed] // Specific name:
Denierella striolata
/ Nomenclator: Yang
et
Ren / Publication year: 2007 / Deposition: Hebei University Museum [printed] //
PARATYPE
[yellow label, printed]”.
Additional material examined.
THAILAND
:
3♂♂ 3♀♀, Chiangmai Prov., Doi Pui,
14.vii.1980
, M.
Vodrážka & P. Vochta leg. (
NMPC
); 3♂♂, Metah valley, J.D. Hedley [identified as
D. venerabilis
by M.S. Mohamedsaid] (
BMNH
).
Synonymy.
Nothing is indicated in the original description of
E. thailandica
about serrate pretarsal claws, and therefore the assignment of this species to
Denierella
could not be expected. However, the comparison of the
paratypes
of
Denierella striolata
from the
type
locality, with the
holotype
of
D. thailandica
revealed that they are conspecific. Therefore we consider
Denierella striolata
as a junior subjective synonym of
D. thailandica
.
Distribution.
Northern
Thailand
(
Dvořák 1996
,
2008
),
China
: Yunnan (
Yang & Ren 2007
).