Exema salemensis Bhasin, 1940 : 185

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 : 520

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BEB0124D-F636-42EC-AB8B-24C178CCA6AE

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5966062

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scientific name

Exema salemensis Bhasin, 1940 : 185
status

 

Exema salemensis Bhasin, 1940: 185

( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 17–19 )

There are three paratypes each with three labels. Label 1: White label one stating collection locality '( INDIA: Tamil Nadu); North Salem , Dankanikota ; 7.iii.1939; collected by Research Ranger'. Label 2: White label two—' Exema salemensis Bhasin , paratype' (hand written). Label 3: Green label stating ' Paratype'.

Remarks: The photographed paratype with right and left antennae having first antennomere only; second paratype with head detached and glued on the same card.

Comments: The species was described on the basis of five specimens—type deposited in the 'British Museum' (NHM) and paratypes in 'FRI' (NFIC).

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FIGURES 17–19. Types of Chrysomelidae deposited in NFIC. 17, Chlamys travancorensis, Type. 18, Exema fulvitarsis, Cotype. 19, Exema salemensis, Paratype.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Chrysomelidae

SubFamily

Cryptocephalinae

Tribe

Fulcidacini

Genus

Exema