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Issue: Vol. 5227 No. 5: 10 Jan. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-01-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.5.6
Page range: 594-600
Abstract views: 220
PDF downloaded: 35

A new species of the genus Acrotelsella (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) from Jhargram, West Bengal, India

1Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India
1Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, India
2Australian Museum Research Institute, 1 William Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia,
Zygentoma Acrotelsella Lepismatidae Molecular data West Bengal Indian fauna

Abstract

Acrotelsella jhargramensis sp. n. is described from two males and compared to other species within the genus.

 

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