Diving beetles (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae) of Namdapha National Park, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Author
Ghosh, Sujit Kumar
text
Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2018
2018-06-26
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2
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http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/119527
journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v118/i2/2018/119527
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5.
Sandracottus manipurensis
Vazirani, 1969
* (
Figure 3
,
4, 5 & 6
)
Material examined
: District Changlang, Namdapha, Deban,
09.xii.1982
, coll. S. Biswas,
1ex.
(24159/H4A);
06.xii.1983
, coll. S. Biswas,
1ex.
(24160/H4A); Vijaynagar,
21.xii. 1984
, coll. S. Biswas,
5ex.
(24161/H4A).
Distribution
:
India
:
Arunachal Pradesh
,
Assam
and
Manipur
(
Ghosh and Nilsson, 2012
).
Taxonomic notes
: While studying the aedeagus of Namdapha specimens of
S. manipurensis
Vazirani, 1969
, it was observed that it show some variation in comparison to the illustrations of aedeagus (
holotype
), provided by
Vazirani (1969: 275
B). Therefore, the
holotype
of
S. manipurensis
Vazirani, 1969
was re-examined and it was found that the base of the aedeagus is detached and which was reflected in the diagrams, provided with the original description of the species by
Vazirani (1969)
. To confirm the identity of the species,
paratype
was also examined and compared with aedeagus of Namdapha specimens, and found to be identical with Namdapha materials. Therefore, here the illustrations of aedeagus of
holotype
(
Figure 6
),
paratype
(
Figure 5
) and of new material (
Figure 4
) to confirm the identity of the species.