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Denierella minutiserra Tan 1988

Description

Denierella minutiserra Tan, 1988

Denierella minutiserra Tan, 1988: 289.

Material examined. CHINA: YUNNAN Prov.: 6 specimens, Malipo NW env., 23°10–13′N, 104°37–40′E, 1200– 1700 m, L. & R. Businský leg. XIZANG A.R.: 2 specimens, N of Brahmaputra great bend, 30°00–07′N, 94°52′– 95°09′E, 2050–2400 m, 16.–20.vii.1992, L. & R. Businský leg. INDIA: SIKKIM: 5 specimens, Gantok env., Fambong-Lho forest, 2000–2500 m, 8.–15.vi.1997, J. Schneider leg.; 1 specimen, Sikkim, coll. Schlagintroeit. WEST BENGAL: 1 specimen, Darjeel[ing], Feistm[antel] leg.; 1 specimen [identified as Epicauta quadraticollis Fairmaire, 1891 by M. Dvořák in 1989], Himalaya, Kurseong [= Kārsiyāng]. NEPAL: 2 specimens, Godawari, 5.vi.1996, Šafanda leg.; 1 specimen [identified as Epicauta nepalensis by M. Dvořák in 1987], Gandaki [zone], Kaski Distr., Chandrakot Hills, 1000–1600 m, 9.vi.1986, J. Probst leg.; 1 specimen, Arun Valley, Arunthan- Chichila, 1300–1950 m, 23.v.1980, C. Holzschuh leg.; 2 specimens, Arun Valley, Chichila Tumlingtar, 1[000]– 2000 m, 9.vi.1988, Lebisch & Probst leg. (all NMPC).

Distribution. China (Guangxi, Xizang, Yunnan) (Yang & Ren 2007). First records from India (West Bengal—Darjeeling, Sikkim) and Nepal.

Notes

Published as part of Batelka, Jan & Hájek, Jiří, 2015, New synonyms, combinations and faunistic records in the genus Denierella Kaszab (Coleoptera: Meloidae), pp. 123-130 in Zootaxa 4000 (1) on page 126, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4000.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/239476

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Meloidae
Genus
Denierella
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Tan
Species
minutiserra
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Denierella minutiserra Tan, 1988 sec. Batelka & Hájek, 2015

References

  • Tan, J. J. (1988) [Meloidae], In: Climbing Expedition of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Ed.), Insects of Mt. Narjabarwa Region of Xizang, Science Press, Beijing, pp. 289 - 292.
  • Yang, Y. & Ren, G. (2007) Review of Chinese species of the genus Denierella Kaszab with a key to the worldwide species (Coleoptera, Meloidae). Zootaxa, 1642, 53 - 59.