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Issue: Vol. 5222 No. 1: 16 Dec. 2022
Type: Article
Published: 2022-12-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5222.1.4
Page range: 59-68
Abstract views: 311
PDF downloaded: 38

On two new species of the genus Ctenolepisma (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) from India

1Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India.
Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India.
Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India.
5Departamento de Zoología, University of Córdoba, C-1 Campus de Rabanales, 14071, Córdoba, Spain.
Zygentoma Thysanura s. str. Ctenolepisma s. str. taxonomy Andhra Pradesh Tamil Nadu Indian fauna

Abstract

Two new species of the genus Ctenolepisma Escherich, 1905 are described from Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, India: Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) venkataramani sp. n. and Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) udumalpetense sp. n. Their affinities with related species are discussed and a key to the Indian species of the genus is provided.

 

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