Denierella promerotricha ( Dvořák, 1996 ) Dvorak, 1996

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Denierella promerotricha ( Dvořák, 1996) , comb. nov.

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Epicauta promerotricha Dvořák, 1996: 37 .

Type material examined. Holotype ♂ ( NMPC), labelled: “ India sept.,19–21.7. / Uttar Prades sept. / Karna Prayag env. / M.Valenta lgt., 1994 [typed] // HOLOTYPUS [red label glued under locality label, printed] // Epicauta sp. n. / promerotricha [typed] / det. M. Dvořák [printed], 95 [typed] // ex coll. M. Dvořák / National museum / Prague, Czech Republic [printed]”. Paratypes. 13 specimens, same label data as holotype, but “ PARATYPUS [red label, printed]”; 1♂, labelled: “ INDIA bor. 770 m. / UTTAR PRADES bor. / KARNAPRAYAG env. / 19.– 21.7.1994 / lgt. M. Valenta [printed] // PARATYPUS [red label glued under locality label, printed] // Epicauta [printed] sp.n. [blue handwriting] / promerotricha / det. M. Dvořák, 95 [printed]”; 6 specimens, labelled “ India sept., 3.8.1994 / Uttar Prades sept. / Nejibabad env. / M. Valenta legit [typed] // PARATYPUS [red label, printed] // Epicauta sp. n. / promerotricha / det. M. Dvořák, 95 [printed] // ex coll. M. Dvořák / National museum / Prague, Czech Republic [printed]”; 1♂, labelled: “ India c., 8/1986 / Panna Nat.Park / Werner legit. [typed] // PARATYPUS [red label, printed] // Epicauta sp. n. / promerotricha [typed] / det. M. Dvořák [printed], 95 [typed] // ex coll. M. Dvořák / National museum / Prague, Czech Republic [printed]”; 1 specimen, labelled: “Darjeeling [yellow label with black border, handwritten] // PARATYPUS [red label, printed] // Epicauta sp. n. / promerotricha / det. M. Dvořák, 95 [printed]”; 1♂, labelled: “ India sept.or. / Darjeeling / Nat.Mus.Praha [typed] // PARATYPUS [red label, printed] // Epicauta sp. n. / promerotricha / det. M. Dvořák, 95 [printed] // ex coll. M. Dvořák / National museum / Prague, Czech Republic [printed]” (all NMPC).

Additional material examined. NEPAL: 1♂, Chitwan Roy. Nat. Park, Sauraha vill., 27.35N, 84.30E, 166 m, 21.–27.vii.2000, J. Schneider leg. ( NMPC).

Remark to classification. Dvořák (1996) did not mention pretarsal claws in the original description of E. promerotricha . However, the claws are distinctly serrate, which place the species in the genus Denierella .

Distribution. India (Darjeeling, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh) ( Dvořák 1996). First record from Nepal.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 3. Habitus of Denierella. 1 — D. emmerichi (Pic, 1934), lectotype (19 mm); 2 — D. promerotricha (Dvořák, 1996), holotype (24 mm); 3 — D. thailandica (Dvořák, 1996), holotype (16 mm).