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
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1175-5326
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Chlamys padmanabhai
Bhasin, 1944
: 65
(
Fig. 16
)
Holotype and 12 paratypes are present in the NFIC.
Holotype
with three labels,
Label
1:
White
label with printed collection locality '(
INDIA
:
Kerala
), '
Travancore
,
Cape Comorin
(
Kanyakumari
);
25.iii.1943
'; collected by '
KSP
Aiyar'. Label 2: White label—'
Chlamys padmanabhai
Bhasin
,
Type
(hand written)'. Label 3: Red label stating 'Type'.
There are
12 paratypes
on six pins—two pins each with three specimens each on three cards, two pins with two specimens on two cards and rest two pins with one specimen each on card.
Green
label stating '
Paratype'
.
White
label—stating collection locality '(
INDIA
:
Kerala
),
Travancore
,
Cape Comorin
; on
25.iii.1943
;
collected by
KSP
Aiyar'
.
Date
on the three pins with multiple specimen cards (3, 2 and 2) is
iii.1943
, rest information same.
Comments
: In the original description it is stated that species has been described on the basis of
14 specimens
collected by KSP Aiyar from Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) and Cape Comorin (Kanyakumari); and
9 specimens
collected by the Research Ranger from N. Salem District.
Holotype
and
12 paratypes
are in NFIC.