Polyphylla (Granida) nikodymi de Wailly, 1993

Sehnal, Richard & Bezdek, Ales, 2011, Review of the subgenus Polyphylla (Granida) from continental Asia (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae), ZooKeys 102, pp. 65-76 : 70-71

Polyphylla (Granida) nikodymi de Wailly, 1993 Figs 8-10

Polyphylla (Granida) nikodymi de Wailly, 1993: 13.

Type locality.

"Birmanie, Süd-Ost”.

Type material examined.

Paratype (male), labeled: "Birmanie, Süd-Ost, 10.V.1990 [h] // PARATYPUS [p, red label] // Polyphylla (Granida) nikodymi De Wailly 1994 [h, red label]", in NMPC; paratype (male), labeled: "Birmanie, Süd-Ost, 10.V.1990 [h] // PARATYPUS [p, red label]", in PPCB.

Additional material examined.

THAILAND NE, Loei prov., Phu Rua N.P. 1100m, 17˚30′N, 101˚21′E, 6.-9.iv.1999, D. Hauck leg., 1 male in PPCB.

Diagnosis.

For separation from related species, see diagnosis of Polyphylla (Granida) minor . Male genitalia as in Figs 9-10.

Distribution.

Southeast Myanmar, first record for Thailand.

Remarks.

De Wailly (1993) wrote that antennomere 3 is long and slender. However, judging from the material available to us, the antennomere 3 is relatively short and rather stout (in comparison to other Granida members) with an anterodistal tooth, and only twice as long as antennomere 2.

Each specimen from the type series bears only a vague handwritten locality label "Birmanie, Süd-Ost”. Thus, the specimen from NE Thailand is the first specimen with exact locality data and it is the first record of this species for Thailand.

Paratypes of Polyphylla (Granida) nikodymi are deposited in PPCB and NMPC (see also Bezděk and Hájek 2010); none of them is housed in the collection of David Král (Prague, Czech Republic) as was erroneously stated by de Wailly (1993).