First records of four species of webspinners (Insecta: Embioptera) from Chhattisgarh, India
oleh: Kailash Chandra, Prosenjit Dawn
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| Diterbitkan: | Pensoft Publishers 2014-12-01 |
Deskripsi
The present paper deals with the first taxonomic account on webspinners (Embioptera) of Chhattisgarh, India. Out of 32 species or subspecies known from India, four species, namely Oligotoma humbertiana (Saussure, 1896), Oligotoma saundersii (Westwood, 1837) and Oligotoma annandalei Kapur & Kripalani, 1957 (family Oligotomidae) and Pseudembia setosa Ross, 1950 (family Embiidae) are reported for the first time from Chhattisgarh.