Synona melanopepla ( Mulsant, 1850 )

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34. Synona melanopepla ( Mulsant, 1850) ( Fig. 32 )* Synia melanopepla Mulsant, 1850: 376 .

Synia melanaria ab. melanopepla : Korschefsky, 1932: 276.

Leis rougeti Mulsant, 1866: 175 .

Synia melanaria ab. rougeti : Korschefsky, 1932: 276.

Synona melanopepla : Poorani et al., 2008: 583, figs 1, 2, 17–22, 52, 53.

Material examined. Roing : Dibang Valley, 19.ix.2000 (1 ♂) (25326/H4A), leg. R. S. Mridha .

Distribution. India: Arunachal Pradesh (Roing), Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh. Elsewhere: Vietnam ( Kovář 2007; Poora- ni et al. 2008).

Figures

Figs 24–32. Habitus of (24) Menocheilus sexmaculata (Fabricius, 1781); (25) Micraspis univittata (Hope, 1831); (26) Oenopia kirbyi Mulsant, 1850; (27) Oenopia mimica Weise, 1902;(28) Oenopia quadripunctata Kapur, 1963;(29) Oenopia sauzeti Mulsant, 1866; (30) Oenopia sexareata (Mulsant, 1853); (31) Propylea luteopustulata (Mulsant, 1850); (32) Synona melanopepla (Mulsant, 1850).