| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1997 |
| Authors: | P. Chandra Dash, Viraktamath C. A. |
| Journal: | Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society |
| Volume: | 94 |
| Date Published: | April 1997 |
| Keywords: | Calcutta, first record, Glossocratus, Glossocratus gressitti, Glossocratus indicus, Hecalini, Hecalus, India, Karnataka, Meghalaya, new locality records, New species, Shillong, Systematics, West Bengal |
| Abstract: | Two new species of Glossocratus Fieber namely, G. indicus sp. nov. (from Karnataka: Bangalore, Meghalaya: Shillong) and G. ramakrishnai (from Karnataka: Bangalore) and five new species of Hecalus Stål namely, H. bifidus sp. nov. (from Karnataka: Dharwar, Gadag), H. caudatus sp. nov. (from Karnataka: Bangalore), H. compressus sp. nov. (from Karnataka: Bangalore, Halebid-BeIur), H. dentatus sp. nov. (from Karnataka: Jog falls, Kogar, Koppa) and H. tuberculatus sp. nov. (from Karnataka: Bangalore) are described and illustrated. Their relationship with other species of the genera are discussed. Hecalus gressitti Morrison is recorded from India. New locality records for other species of Hecalus are given. A revised key to Indian species of Glossocratus and Hecalus is also included. |