Chaetocnema merguiensis Bryant, 1941 : 409

Faisal, Mohammad & Singh, Sudhir, 2018, Type specimens of Chrysomelidae and Megalopodidae (Coleoptera) in the National Forest Insect Collection (NFIC), Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, India, Zootaxa 4420 (4), pp. 509-529 : 522

Chaetocnema merguiensis Bryant, 1941: 409 -410

( Fig. 22 )

There is only one paratype in NFIC with four labels. Label 1: White label—stating collection locality 'BURMA ( Myanmar): Mergui; i. 1927; collected by RN Parker'. Label 2: small white label with number '370'. Label 3: White label—' Chaetocnema merguiensis Bryant , Paratype (hand written), det. GE Bryant'. Label 4: Green label stating ' Paratype'.

Remarks: Left antenna with few apical segments missing, left elytron glued to the body.

Comments: Species was described on the basis of two male specimens, one specimen labeled as paratype is in NFIC.

Figures

FIGURES 20–22. Types of Chrysomelidae deposited in NFIC. 20, Gynandrophthalma flaviventris, Cotype. 21, Trichotheca beesoni, Paratype. 22, Chaetocnema merguiensis, Paratype.