Megalestes major Selys, 1862

(Figs. 3h; 4h; 5e, r; 6e)

Megalestes major: Asahina, 1985b: 2–5, 14–16, figs. 1–10 [India; Nepal]; Gyeltshen et al. 2017: 593, figs. 4c–d [Bhutan].

This is the type species of Megalestes, the only species that has an inner lateral tooth in the middle of the cerci (Fig. 3h). Its paraprocts are almost spherical, covered with dense setae, with an acute dorsal base tooth pointed directly upwards (Fig. 6e). Megalestes major is distributed in India, Nepal, and Bhutan, and it only occurs on the west side of the Himalayas.