Platypria garthwaitei Bhasin, 1942 : 9

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

Platypria garthwaitei Bhasin, 1942: 9

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Holotype and 21 paratypes in NFIC. Holotype with following seven labels: Label 1: White label stating collection locality '(MYANMAR), Maymyo, Bot. Garden; 21.v.1940; MH Desai'. Label 2: White label—'On foliage of Zizyphus incurva'. Label 3: Cage DSR 4065', Label 4: with code 'IR 5306'. Label 5: with code 'PRS 1919'. Label 6: White label ' Platypria garthwaitei Bhasin , Type' (hand written). Label 7: Red label printed 'Type'.

In NFIC there are 21 Paratypes: 8 collected by MH Desai with other details as on holotype, 4 of which with green labels with 'paratype' and rest four with 'paratype' typed on the species name tag. 12 paratypes collected by JD Grathwaite' with Label 1: White, stating collection locality (MYANMAR), Maymyo, Mandalay; (two paratypes with date) 31.v.1940 (and 10 paratypes with date) 7.vii.1938; of these 7 with green 'paratype' labels and 3 (dated 7.vii.1938) with 'paratype' typed on the species name tag. Label 2: White ' Platypria garthwaitei Bhasin'. Label 3: White 'defoliating Zizyphus incurva'. There are three other white paper slips with various numbers related to rearing records. One paratype with label 1: Mehnyin Res. Myitkyina coll. by R. Hlaogh, 7.vii.1938.

Remarks: In the original description there is no mention about number of specimens on which the species is described there is mention that species was 'described from a series'. Currently it is a synonym of Platypria chiroptera Gestro 1899 .

Figures

FIGURES 11–13. Types of Chrysomelidae deposited in NFIC. 11, Platypria garthwaitei, Cotype. 12, Aetheomorpha coorgensis, Cotype. 13, Aspidolopha nigrocurvilinea, Cotype.