Sastra mamaya Maulik, 1936 : 257, 1934

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 : 527

Sastra mamaya Maulik, 1936: 257

( Fig. 28 )

There are three paratypes in NFIC with similar labels. Label 1: White label stating collection locality ' Burma ( MYANMAR): Maymyo; vi. 1924; collected by CR Robbins'. Label 2: White label stating 'on Phyllanthus sp.'. Label 3: White label with 'RRD 282'. Label 4: ' Sastra mamaya Mlk., 1934 (hand written), S. Maulik'. Label 5: white label with 'Paratype'. Label 6: Green label stating “ Paratype ”.

Comments: The species was described on the basis of six specimens. In the original description, it is stated that the type is deposited in the British Museum while there is no mention about deposition of paratypes.

Figures

FIGURES 26–28. Types of Chrysomelidae deposited in NFIC. 26, Podagrica apicefulva, Paratype. 27, Diorhabda trirakha, Paratype. 28, Sastra mamaya, Paratype.