Denierella thailandica ( Dvořák, 1996 ) Dvorak, 1996

Batelka, Jan & Hájek, Jiří, 2015, New synonyms, combinations and faunistic records in the genus Denierella Kaszab (Coleoptera: Meloidae), Zootaxa 4000 (1), pp. 123-130 : 127-128

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

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Epicauta thailandica Dvořák, 1996: 40 .

Denierella striolata Yang & Ren, 2007: 54 , syn. nov.

Type material examined. Epicauta thailandica : Holotype ♂ ( NMPC), labelled: “ Thailand, Doi Pui, / Chiangmai / 14.7.l980 / ex coll. Probst [typed] // HOLOTYPUS [red label glued under locality label, printed] // Epicauta / thailandica sp.n. [typed] det. M. Dvořák [printed], 95 [typed] // ex coll. M. Dvořák / National museum / Prague, Czech Republic [printed] // DENIERELLA / thailandica / ( Dvořák, 1996) / = striolata Yang & Ren, 2007 / Jan Batelka det. 2013 [printed]”.

Denierella striolata : Paratypes, 1♂ 1♀ ( MBCR), labelled: “ Denierella Stridata [sic!] / China, Yunnan, Jinghang / 4.VIII.2006 Y.X. Yang coll. [printed] // Specific name: Denierella striolata / Nomenclator: Yang et Ren / Publication year: 2007 / Deposition: Hebei University Museum [printed] // PARATYPE [yellow label, printed]”.

Additional material examined. THAILAND: 3♂♂ 3♀♀, Chiangmai Prov., Doi Pui, 14.vii.1980, M.

Vodrážka & P. Vochta leg. ( NMPC); 3♂♂, Metah valley, J.D. Hedley [identified as D. venerabilis by M.S. Mohamedsaid] ( BMNH).

Synonymy. Nothing is indicated in the original description of E. thailandica about serrate pretarsal claws, and therefore the assignment of this species to Denierella could not be expected. However, the comparison of the paratypes of Denierella striolata from the type locality, with the holotype of D. thailandica revealed that they are conspecific. Therefore we consider Denierella striolata as a junior subjective synonym of D. thailandica .

Distribution. Northern Thailand ( Dvořák 1996, 2008), China: Yunnan ( Yang & Ren 2007).

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).