Megalestes irma Fraser, 1926

(Figs. 3b; 4b; 5f, s; 6l)

Megalestes irma Fraser, 1926: 32–33 [Gandtor, Sikkim]; Asahina 1985b: 5–8, figs. 11–18 [Sikkim; Nepal].

The first author examined the type specimens (2 m #m#, 1 f# Gandtor Sikhim, 5000–6000 ft, 1924-V-29, Fraser leg.) of this species and recorded the photos at BMNH in July 2017. This is a large species with paraprocts appearing unique (Figs. 4b, 6l) in having the basal tooth bent forward, which coincides with the description in Fraser (1926). The ligula resembles that of M. australis but without the terminal lateral lobes (Fig. 5f, s). The photos of M. irma in Gyeltshen et al. (2017) were actually of M. micans, which can be easily identified by the shape of the paraprocts and the basal tooth of the cerci (cf. Fig. 4 e–f, in Gyeltshen et al., 2017, for detailed discussion please see “ Megalestes micans Needham, 1930 ”). This species is known only from Sikkim and Nepal.