Melixanthus coorgensis Bryant, 1941 : 405

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 : 518

Melixanthus coorgensis Bryant, 1941: 405

( Fig. 15 )

NFIC has only one paratype with five labels, Label 1: White label stating collection locality '( INDIA: Tamil Nadu); North Salem , Aiyur ; 4.viii.1930; collected by FRI Sandal Insect Survey'. Label 2: white with ' Plot 18'. Label 3: with number '659'. Label 4: White label with ' Melixanthus coorgensis Bryant , Paratype (hand written), Det. GE Bryant'. Label 5: Green label stating ' Paratype'.

Comments: The species was described on the basis of two specimens. In the original description author did not mention the depository.

Figures

FIGURES 14–16. Types of Chrysomelidae deposited in NFIC. 14, Aspidolopha ornaticollis, Cotype. 15, Melixanthus coorgensis, Paratype. 16, Chlamys padmanabhai, Type.