Title of article :
Description of a new species with three new records of Tomocerus Nicolet (Collembola: Tomoceridae) from India
Author/Authors :
Mandal ، Guru Pada Zoological Survey of India , Kumari ، Simran Zoological Survey of India , Mandal ، Pritha Zoological Survey of India , Roy ، Koushik Kumar Zoological Survey of India , Suman ، Kusumendra Kumar Zoological Survey of India , Bhattacharya ، Kaushik Kumar Zoological Survey of India
Abstract :
One new species and three new records of Tomocerus have been reported for the first time from India. The new species Tomocerus sikkimensis sp. nov. discovered from Gangtok, Sikkim (India) has been illustrated and described here. The new species differs from others in dental spine number, arrangement and mucro teeth number. Tomocerus (Ocreatomurus) qinae Yu, Yan Liu, 2016, Tomocerus (Tomocerus) minor (Lubbock, 1862) and Tomocerus (Ocreatomurus) paraspinulus Gong, Qin Yu, 2018 are the first time reported from the Indian states Arunachal Pradesh and West Bengal respectively. A key to the Indian species of Tomocerus has also been provided.
Keywords :
Eastern Himalayas , fauna , key , new species , Tomocerus sikkimensis
Journal title :
Journal of Insects Biodiversity and Systematics
Journal title :
Journal of Insects Biodiversity and Systematics
