A Catalogue of New Taxa Described by the Scientists of the Zoological Survey of India During 1916-1991

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by  Das, Amalendu

OCCASIONAL PAPER No. 208
RECORDS OF THE
ZOOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA
A Catalogue of New Taxa by the Scientists
Desc~ibed
of the Zoological Survey of India
During 1916-1991
AMALENDU DAS
Zoological Survey of India, 13th Floor, Nizam Palace, Kolkata-700 020
Edited by the Director, Zoological Survey of India
Zoological Survey of India
Kolkata
CITATION
Amalendu Das, 2003. A Catalogue of New Taxa described by the Scientists of the Zoological
Survey of India during 1916-1991. Ree. zool. Surv. India, Dec. Paper No. 208 : 1-530.
(Published by the Director, .Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata.)
Published : March, 2003
ISBN 81-85874-93-X
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I wish to take this opportunity to express my indebtedness and sincere thanks to
Dr. J. R. B. Alfred, Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, for his constant
encouragement, providing facilities to complete this work.
My sincere thanks are also due to Dr. A. K. Ghosh, Ex-Director, Zoological Survey
of India, Kolkata, for his kind permission to take up this work and also to Dr. R. K. Varshney,
Addl. Director (Retd.), for providing me necessary guidence.
I express my deep sense of gratitude to Dr. G. K. Srivastava, Addl. Director (Retd.),
Dr. S. K. Mitra, Dr. Q. H. Baqri, Dr. A. K. Das, Dr. A. K. Sanyal, Dr. T. K. Pal, Dr. G. C.
Rao, Dr. Bijan Biswas, Dr. M. Datta, Dr. L. K. Ghosh and Dr. Surya Rao and others for their
help, offering me many valuable suggestions and doing necessary correction of the manuscript.
My sincere thanks are also due to all the Officers-in-Charge of the Regional Stations,
who have extended their hand of co-operation, without which this work would have been
impossible.
I wish to record my gratitutde and sincere thanks to Shri M. Z. Ansari, Asstt. Zoologist
(Retd.), Officer-in-Charge, Documentation Section, who has helped me in various ways
during the course of preparation of this Catalogue.
I also want to acknowledge my deep and heartfelt thanks to Shri Asim Chakraborti and
Shri P. Parui, for their assistance in every step of preparation of this Catalogue.
My sincere thanks are due to Shri Rati Ram, Publication Production Officer, Publication
Section, for providing all facilities to publish this "CATALOGUE of NEW TAXA" My
thanks are also due to Shri Kumar Naskar for typing out a part of this manuscript.
Amalendu Das
ABBREVIATIONS USED
Dist. District
Loc. Locality
nr. near
m metre
Mt. Mountain
fms. fathoms
Is. Island
E East
W West
N North
S South
N.W. north west
S.W. south west
C Central
M Middle
U Upper
L Lower
Stn. Station
Div. Division
Univ. University
Syn. Synonym
s sp. nov.
ssp subsp. nov.
g gt!l. nov.
sg subgen.
f fame nov.
sf subfam. nov.
* Outside India
** Changed generic name
+
Preoccupied generic name
Records of the
Zoological Survey of India
Occasional Paper
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CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... I
II. CLASSIFIED NEW TAXA ................................................................................... 1-406
CLASSIFICA TION
Kingdom PROTISTA .......................................................................................................... 1
Subkingdom PROTOZOA .... .... ............. ............... ......... ........... .... ........ ........... ....... ........... ... .... I
Phylum SARCOMASTIGOPHORA ............................................................................. 1-5
Phylum APICOMPLEXA ................................ \. ........................................................... 5-8
Phylum MYXOZOA ........................................................................................................ 9
Phylum CILIOPHORA ................................................................................................ 9-12
Kingdom ANIMALIA ......................................................................................................... 9
Phylum PORIFERA .... .... ........ ....... ... ............... ... .... .... .... ... ..... ......... ............ ................... 12
Class CALCISPONGIAE........................................................................................... 12
Class DEMOSPONGIAE ...................................................................................... 12-15
Phylum CNIDARIA (COELENTERTA) ....................................................................... 15
Class HYDROZOA ............................................................................................... 15-17
Class SCyPHOZOA· ................................................................................................... 17
Phylum PLATYHELMINTHES ......... ....... .... ..... ..... .......... ..... ......... ........ ... ....... ............. 17
Class TURBELLARIA ...... ..... .................. .... .......... ......... ... .......... ........... ................... 18
Class TREMATODA ............................. ...... ........... ...... .... ... ... .... ......... ................ ....... 18
Subclass MONOGENEA ............................................................................................ 18-19
Subclass DIGENEA.............. ...................................................................................... 19-26
Class CESTODA ................................................................................................... 26-29
Phylum GASTROTRICHA ............................................................................... 29-30, 396
Phylum NEMATHELMINTHES ............................................................... 31-46, 396-398
Phylum ACANTHOCEPHALA ................................................................................ 46-49
Phylum SIPUNCULA ............................................................................................ 49, 398
Phylum MOLLUSCA ................................................................................................ 49-81
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Class POL YPLACOPHORA .......................... ~ ........................................................... 49
Class GASTROPODA ........................................................................................... 49-66
............................. ..................................................................... 66. . 80
Class BIVALVIA
Class CEPHALOPODA .............................................................................................. 80
....................................... .................................................................. 81
Phylum ECHIURA
..................................... ............................................................ 81-88
Phylum ANNELIDA
Class OLIGOCHAJ3,T A ......................................................................................... 81-87
Class POL YCHAETA ........................................................................................... 87-88
Class ARCHIANNELIDA .......................................................................................... 88
Phylum ARTHROPODA ......................................................................................... 88-348
Class CRUSTACEA ............................................................................................ 88-128
Subclass BRANCHIOPODA ........................................................................................... 88
Order ANOSTRACA .................................................................................................. 88
Order NOTOSTRACA ................................................................................................ 88
Order CONCHOSTRACA ..................................................................................... 88-89
Order CLADOCERA ............................................................................................. 89-91
Subclass OSTRACODA .................................................................................................. 91
Order PODOCOPIDA ............................................................................................ 91-94
Subclass COPEPODA ...................................................................................................... 94
Order CALANOIDA .............................................................................................. 94-98
Order HARPACTICOIDA ................................................................................... 99-105
Order CYCLOPOIDA ........................................................................................ 105-107
Subclass BRANCHIURA ........................................................................................ 107-108
Subclass CIRRIPEDIA .................................................................................................. 108
Order THORACICA ......................... ................................................................. ........ 108
Subclass MALACOSTRACA ............................................... ......................................... 109
Order ISOPODA ..................................................................................... ". ......... 10 9-113
Order AMPHIPODA .......................................................................................... 113-114
Order DECAPODA ............................................................................................ 114-127
Order STOMATOPODA ............................................................................ 127-128, 398
Class INSECTA................................................................ .... ...... ....................... 128-280
Order DIPLURA .................................................. ~ .................................................... 128
Order THYSANURA THYSANURA...................... ..... .... ......... .......... ..................... 128
Order COLLEMBOLA ....................................................................................... 128-131
Order EPHEMERO~ERA ................................................................................ 131-133
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Order ODONATA .............................................................................................. 133-135
Order PLECOPTERA ................................ .... ............. ....................................... ........ 135
Order ORTHOPTERA ......................................................................... 135-140, 398-400
Order DERMAPTERA ............................................................................... 140-153,400
Order EMBIOPTERA ............................................................................................... 153
Order DICTYOPTERA ...................................................................................... 153-154
Order ISOPTERA ............................................................................................... 154-163
Order PSOCOPTERA ........................................................................................ 163-165
Order PHTHIRAPTERA (Mallophaga) .................................................................... 165
Order HEMIPTERA........................................................................................... 166-191
Suborder HOMOPTERA ......................................................................................... 166-183
Suborder HETEROPTERA ..................................................................................... 183-191
Order THYSANOPTERA .................................................................................. 191-194
Order NEUROPTERA ............................................................................... 194-197, 401
Order COLEOPTERA .................................................................. ............. 197-234,401
~
Order SIPHONAPTERA ............................................................................................2 34
Order DIPTERA .................................................................................. 234-268, 401-402
Order LEPIDOPTERA ....................................................................................... 269-270
Order TRICHOPTERA ............................................................................................. 270
Order HYMENOPTERA ........................................................ 270-280
06 ....................••••••
Class CHILOPODA ..................... 280-281
u ....................................................................
Class ARACHNIDA .......................................................................................... 281-348
Order SCORPIONIDA ........................................................... :. .......................... 281-283
Order PEDIPALPIDA ............................................................................................... 283
Order PSEUDOSCORPIONIDA ............................................................................... 284
Order ACARINA .................................................................................. 284-306,402-405
Order ARANEAE ................................................................................ 306-348, 405-406
Phylum PHORONIDA ................................................................................................. 348
Phylum BRYOZOA (Ectoprocta) ....................................................................... 348-349
Phylum CHAETOGNATHA ........................................................................................ 349
Phylum ECHINODERMATA ...................................................................................... 349
Phylum CHORDATA ............................................................................................ 349-395
Subphylum UROCHORDATA (Tunicata) .................................................. ~ ...................... 349
Class LARV ACEA ............................................................................................ 349-350
Subphylum CEPHALOCHORDATA ................................................................................ 350
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Class LEPTOCHORDII ............................................................................................ 350
Subphylum VERTEBRATE ........................................................................................ 350-395
Class PISCES .......................................... ~ .......................................................... 350-385
Class AMPHIBIA .............................................................................................. 385-388
Class REPTILIA ................................................................................................ 388-390
Class AVES ....................................................................................................... 391-393
Class MAMMALIA ........................................................................................... 393-395
III. NEW TAXA TO ADDENDUM,:-I ..................................................................... 396-406
IV TAB LE-I ............................................................................................................ 407 -41 0
V. REFERENCES ................................................................................................... 411-500
VI. REFERENCES TO ADDENDUM-II ................................................................ 501-502
VII. INDEX TO FAMILY NOV. and SUBFAMILY NOV ............................................ 503
VIII. INDEX TO GENERA ........................................................................................ 504-530
I. INTRODUCTION
Since the inception of Zoological Survey of India on 1st July, 1916 the scientists of ZSI have
been. carrying out taxonomic studies on different animal groups and described many new taxa in
various Indian and foreign journals based on taxonomic studies of both Indian and foreign materi
al. Since published literature pertaining to these new taxa are very much scattered an effort has
been made to prepare a catalogue of these new taxa which have been described by the ZSI scien
tists during July 1916 to June 1991, covering a period of 75 years.
The catalogue deals with 3929 new taxa comprising 10 family nov., 12 subfamily nov., 216
genus nov., 29 subgenus nov. and 3662 species and subspecies nov., out of which 696 new taxa
belong to foreign countries, comprising 4 family nov., 6 subfamily nov., 42 genus nov., 7 subge
nus nov. and 637 species/subspecies nov. The summary of these new taxa is presented in a Table
(Table 1) for the convenience and quick perusal of the readers. New taxa published in the year
1991 and others omitted in the catalogue have been included in ADDENDUM-I & II.
The taxa have been arranged according to the Zoological classification by Parker (1982). The
title of the papers are arranged authorwise under each phylum and a detail of 75 years classified
account of new taxa with Type localities of different animals from Protozoa to mammalia have
been put together, which is expected to have immense value and will be useful to the scientists and
research scholars of various institutions in India and abroad.
The original name of the new taxa have been maintained through out the manuscript. The syn
onyms and current status of the species are also provided, wherever necessary. The number in bracket
in bold latter on the right side of each new taxa refer to the serial number of references.
II. CLASSIFIED NEW TAXA
Kingdom PROTISTA
A. Subkingdom PROTOZOA
I. Phylum SARCOMASTIGOPHORA
Class ZOOMASTIGOPHOREA
Order HYPERMASTIGIDA
Family HOLOMASTIGOTIDAE
I. Holomastigotoides emersoni Das, 1976 (4)
Type Loc. : INDIA: WEST BENGAL: S. 24 Parganas, Falta.
1976. Acta Protozool., 15(2):105.
2. Holomastigotoides hollandi Das, 1976 (4)
Type Loc. : INDIA: WEST BENGAL: N. 24 Parganas, Barrackpore.
1976. Acta Protozool., 15(2) : 103.