Diorhabda Weise, 1883

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 : 526-527

Genus Diorhabda Weise, 1883

Diorhabda trirakha Maulik, 1936: 236

( Fig. 27 )

In NFIC one paratype is present with four labels. Label 1: White label two stating collection locality ' INDIA: Punjab (Himachal Pradesh), Chamba, Ponta Reserve Pangi; 25. ix. 1919; collected by RN Parker'. Label 2: Small white label with number '204'. Label 3: White label ' Diorhabda trirakha M. (hand written) S. Maulik'., 1934. Label 4: White label stating 'Paratype'.

Remarks: Left antenna broken and right antenna with three antennomeres only.

Comments: The species was described on the basis of four specimens. In the original description, it is stated that the type is deposited in the British Museum and Paratypes in FRI.

Figures

FIGURES 26–28. Types of Chrysomelidae deposited in NFIC. 26, Podagrica apicefulva, Paratype. 27, Diorhabda trirakha, Paratype. 28, Sastra mamaya, Paratype.