Chlamys travancorensis Bhasin, 1944 : 65

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 : 520

Chlamys travancorensis Bhasin, 1944: 65 -67

( Fig. 17 )

Holotype and eight paratypes are present in NFIC. Holotype with four labels- Label 1: White label stating collection locality '( INDIA: Kerala), Travancore , iii.1943; collected by KSP Aiyar'. Label 2: White label with 'RRD 268'. Label 3: White label—' Chlamys travancorensis Bhasin , Type (hand written)'. Label 4: Red label printed 'Type'.

Paratypes: Two on piths and six on cards—Green label stating ' Paratype'. White label—stating collection locality '( INDIA: Kerala), Travancore ; 25.iii.1943; collected by KSP Aiyar'.

Comments: In the original description it is stated that species has been described on the basis of 11 specimens collected by KSP Aiyar from Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram) and Cape Comorin; and 2 specimens collected by the Research Ranger from N. Salim District. Holotype and 8 paratypes are in NFIC.

Figures

FIGURES 17–19. Types of Chrysomelidae deposited in NFIC. 17, Chlamys travancorensis, Type. 18, Exema fulvitarsis, Cotype. 19, Exema salemensis, Paratype.