Description of a New Species and Redescription of One Species of Silverfish (Insecta: Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) from Amrabad Tiger Reserve, Telangana, India

Authors

  • Ashis Kumar Hazra
     Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata ? 700053
  • Debanjan Jana
     Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata ? 700053
  • Guru Pada Mandal
     Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata ? 700053

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i2/2022/172353

Keywords:

Acrotelsa, Amrabad Tiger Reserve, Ctenolepisma, Lepismatidae

Abstract

A new species of the genus Ctenolepisma Escherich, 1905 (Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) is described and diagnosed from Amrabad Tiger Reserve, Telangana, India: Ctenolepisma (Ctenolepisma) amrabadense sp. nov. Acrotelsa collaris (Fabricius) Escherich has been redescribed and reported as a new record from the state of Telangana.

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Ashis Kumar Hazra, Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata ? 700053

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2022-06-28

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Hazra, A. K., Jana, D., & Mandal, G. P. (2022). Description of a New Species and Redescription of One Species of Silverfish (Insecta: Zygentoma: Lepismatidae) from Amrabad Tiger Reserve, Telangana, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 122(2), 117–124. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i2/2022/172353

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Volume 122, Issue 2, 2022

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