Mimela dehaani ( HOPE, 1839 )

Prokofiev, Artem M. & Zorn, Carsten, 2016, Review of the Mimela species of the Dalat Plateau in southern Vietnam (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (2), pp. 329-346 : 333

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.2.329-346
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4754436
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scientific name	Mimela dehaani ( HOPE, 1839 )
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Mimela dehaani ( HOPE, 1839)

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Material: 5, 4 “ VIETNAM, Lam Dong prov., Lac Duong distr., Bi Doup – Nui Ba Natl. Park, alt. 1500–1625 m, at light, 4.2010, 4–5.2012, A.M. Prokofiev leg.” ( CAP) .

Type material: Euchlora dehaani Hope : Syntype: 1  “TYPE HOPE Proc. Zool. Soc. 2. 1839. P. 71 Coll. Hope Oxon. | Euchlora DeHaani Hope [Hope’s handwritten label] | DeHaani Hope [Hope’s handwritten label] | Mimela dehaani, Hope. teste,c 1910. G.J. Arrow. in Brit. Mus. | TYPE COL: 565 Euchlora dehaani Hope HOPE DEPT.OXFORD ” ( UMO).

Mimela decipiens Hope : Syntypes: 1  “TYPE HOPE Trans. Ent. Soc. 3. 1841 P. 66 Coll. Hope Oxon. | Mimela decipiens Hope [Hope’s handwritten label] | Mimela dehaani, Hope. teste,c 1910. G.J. Arrow. in Brit. Mus. | TYPE COL: 566 1/1 Mimela decipiens Hope HOPE DEPT.OXFORD ” ( UMO). 1  “Decipiens [Hope’s handwritten label] | TYPE HOPE Trans. Ent. Soc. 3. 1841 P. 66 Coll. Hope Oxon. | Mimela dehaani, Hope. teste,c 1910. G.J. Arrow. in Brit. Mus. | TYPE COL: 566 2/2 Mimela decipiens Hope HOPE DEPT.OXFORD ” ( UMO).

Mimela dulcissima Bates : Syntype: 1  “SzeChuen China | Mimela dulcissima Bates | Ex-Musaeo H.W.BATES 1892 | SYNTYPE Mimela dulcissima Bates, 1891 det. Zorn, 2002” ( MNHN).

Remarks: Our specimens from Dalat Plateau do not differ from the type specimens of Euchlora dehaani HOPE, 1839 , Mimela decipiens HOPE, 1841 and M. dulcissima BATES, 1891 (UMO, MNHN, examined) from Himalaya and Southwestern China, of which the conspecificity was proved earlier ( ZORN, 2005).