Myrmecophasma nilghiriensis Wittmer, 1995

Hájek, Jiří & Švihla, Vladimír, 2012, Catalogue of the type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52 (2), pp. 603-654 : 648-649

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5332821
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5411685
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scientific name	Myrmecophasma nilghiriensis Wittmer, 1995
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Myrmecophasma nilghiriensis Wittmer, 1995a: 342 , Fig. 171.

The holotype and five paratypes are deposited in NMPC (general collection):

HOLOTYPE (J): ‘S India, Tamil Nadu / Nilghiri hills, Elk falls / Kotagiri env., 16.XI.1993 / Boukal, Kejval lgt. [p] // HOLOTYPUS [p, red label] // Myrmecophasma / nilghiriensis / Wittm. [hw] / det. W. Wittmer [p] // Mus. Nat. Pragae [p] / 66344 [hw] / Inv. [p, orange label]’.

PARATYPE (J): ‘S India, Tamil Nadu / Nilghiri hills, Elk falls / Kotagiri env., 16.XI.1993 / Boukal, Kejval lgt. [p] // PARATYPUS [p, red label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae [p] / 66345 [hw] / Inv. [p, orange label]’.

PARATYPE (J): ‘S India, Tamil Nadu / Nilghiri hills, Elk falls / Kotagiri env., 16.XI.1993 / Boukal, Kejval lgt. [p] // PARATYPUS [p, red label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae [p] / 66346 [hw] / Inv. [p, orange label]’.

PARATYPE (J): ‘S India, Tamil Nadu / Nilghiri hills, Elk falls / Kotagiri env., 16.XI.1993 / Boukal, Kejval lgt. [p] // PARATYPUS [p, red label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae [p] / 66347 [hw] / Inv. [p, orange label]’.

PARATYPE (J): ‘S India, Tamil Nadu / Nilghiri hills, Elk falls / Kotagiri env., 16.XI.1993 / Boukal, Kejval lgt. [p] // PARATYPUS [p, red label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae [p] / 66348 [hw] / Inv. [p, orange label]’.

PARATYPE (J): ‘S India, Tamil Nadu / Nilghiri hills, Elk falls / Kotagiri env., 16.XI.1993 / Boukal, Kejval lgt. [p] // PARATYPUS [p, red label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae [p] / 66349 [hw] / Inv. [p, orange label]’.

Current status. Valid species.