Downesia sasthi Maulik, 1923 : 599

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 : 516

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.5966044
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scientific name	Downesia sasthi Maulik, 1923 : 599
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Downesia sasthi Maulik, 1923: 599 View in CoL .

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There is one paratype in NFIC with following information written on the labels. Label 1: White label one stating collection locality '(INDIA: Uttarakhand), Haldwani Div. Kumaon; collected by HG Champion'. Label 2: White label stating host, hand written 'In sheaths of Neyraudia '. Label 3: White label ' Downesia sasthi Mlk., Cotype 1923 (hand written), Det. S. Maulik'. Label 4: yellow bordered white circular label stating 'Cotype'.

Remarks: The species was described from nine specimens. Type deposited in NHM, London. Staines (2015) also mentioned type deposited in 'BMNH'.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Chrysomelidae
SubFamily	Cassidinae
Tribe	Gonophorini
Genus	Downesia