Denierella venerabilis Kaszab, 1956

Pan, Zhao & Ren, Guo-Dong, 2020, New synonyms, combinations and status in the Chinese species of the family Meloidae Gyllenhal, 1810 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) with additional faunistic records, Zootaxa 4820 (2), pp. 260-286 : 268

Denierella venerabilis Kaszab, 1956

Denierella venerabilis Kaszab, 1956: 633 . Type locality: “ Naga Hills , Assam ”, India. Type depository: BMNH, HNHM.

Epicauta thailandica Dvořák, 1996: 40 . Type locality: “ Doi Pui , Thailand ” . Type depository: NMPC. syn. nov.

Denierella striolata Yang et Ren, 2007a: 54 . Type locality: “ Jinghong , Yunnan, China ” . Type depository: MHBU, cMAB. Synonymized by Batelka & Hájek 2015: 127 .

Denierella thailandica: Batelka & Hájek 2015: 127 .

Type material examined. Denierella venerabilis : Paratypes: 1 ♂, “ Naga hills // Assam ”, “ Butler ”, “Ind. Mus.”, “Naga Hills. // captor Butler ”, “ Hypreauta venerabilis Wellman // Type ”, “ Paratypus // 1955 // Denierella venerabilis Kaszab ” ( HNHM; Fig. 11 ) ; 1 ex., “ Naga hills // Assam ”, “ Butler ”, “Ind. Mus.”, “Naga Hills. // captor Butler ”, “9314/3”, “ Paratypus // 1955 // Denierella venerabilis Kaszab ” ( HNHM) .

Denierella striolata : Holotype: ♂, “ 2006.VIII.6 // ñRḎử¶Əâ [ China, Yunnan, Jinghong, Wild Elephant Valley ] // ḤṬḦṮ [Yang Yuxia leg.] // ṄükṳMUm [Museum of Hebei University]”, “ HOLOTYPE // Denierella striolata ” (MHBU) . Paratypes: 65 exx., “ 2006.VIII.6 // ñRḎử¶Əâ [ China, Yunnan, Jinghong, Wild Elephant Valley ] // ḤṬḦṮ [Yang Yuxia leg.] // ṄükṳMUm [Museum of Hebei University]”, “ PARATYPE // Denierella striolata ”( MHBU; Fig. 12 ) .

Other material examined from China. YUNNAN: 1 ♂ 1♀, Mt. Kongming (Elev. 2150 m), 1957.IX.20, Zang Lingchao leg. ( HNHM) .

Distribution. China: Yunnan; India: Assam, Thailand.

Remarks. Batelka & Hájek (2015) discussed the morphological identity of Denierella striolata and Epicauta thailandica , transferred E. thailandica to the genus Denierella , and pointed out that D. striolata is a junior synonym of D. thailandica .

Yang & Ren (2007a) considered that D. striolata differs from D. venerabilis by “more parts of the body with long black setae…; male antennomere II three times as long as wide, X shorter than III; pronotum longer than wide, hardly depressed at base; median longitudinal light pubescent stripe nearly extending to the apex of elytron, and as broad as that along outer margin”. According to the examination of the type material of both taxa (see above), we discovered that D. venerabilis has the same features of D. striolata . Thus, we considered D. striolata and E. thailandica are junior synonyms of D. venerabilis .

Figures

FIGURES 9–12. Type specimens. 9. Epicauta emmerichi Pic (MNHN): a. habitus, dorsal view; b. labels. 10. Denierella serrata Kaszab (HNHM): a. habitus, dorsal view; b. labels. 11. Denierella venerabilis Kaszab (HNHM): a. habitus, dorsal view; b. habitus, lateral view; c. labels. 12. Denierella striolata Yang et Ren (MHBU): a. habitus, dorsal view; b. head and antennae; c. labels. Scale bars (a): 5 mm.