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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Callispa almora
Maulik, 1923
: 599
(
Fig. 9
)
There is one
paratype
in
NFIC
and has following information on the labels,
Label
1:
White
label stating collection locality '
INDIA
:(
Uttarakhand
),
Almora
,
Khaula
,
4500 ft
.; H.G. C. (
Champion
)'.
Label
2:
White
label '
Callispa almora
M.,
Cotype
, 1923 (hand written);
Det. S. Maulik
'.
Label
3:
Yellow
bordered white circular label stating '
Cotype'
.
Remarks:
In the original description author stated that species has been described from six specimens all collected by HG Champion from Khaula, Almora
4500 ft
. 'Type' deposited in the NHM.
Staines (2015)
also mentioned the same 'BMNH".