New lichen species from Thailand, new combinations and new additions to the Thai lichen biota Author Kalb, Jutarat King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Prince of Chumphon campus, Author Kalb, Klaus Lichenologisches Institut Neumarkt, Im Tal 12, D- 92318 Neumarkt, Germany; & University of Regensburg, Institute of Plant Sciences, Universitätsstraβe 31, D- 93040 Regensburg, Germany text Phytotaxa 2017 2017-12-19 332 2 141 156 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.332.2.2 journal article 10.11646/phytotaxa.332.2.2 1179-3163 13722024 Graphis indica J. Kalb & Kalb , nom. nov. ( Fig. 2A ) Mycobank MB823629 ≡— Hemithecium norsticticum Makhija & Dube in Makhija et al. , Mycotaxon 93: 371 (2005) . This species is similar to G. balaghatensis , but differs mainly in lacking stictic acid. Our TLC analysis revealed norstictic acid (major) and subnorstictic acid (minor). Distribution and habitat :—This species is known from India and is here reported for the first time from Thailand where it is growing on bark of a deciduous tree in a primary tropical rainforest at 1115 m . Material from Thailand examined :— Chiang Mai province : Mae On district ; tambon Huai Kaeo, surroundings of Mae Kampong Waterfall, in a tropical rainforest, on bark of an unidentified tree, 1115 m . 18°51’33’’ N , 99°21’22’’ E , 13 December 2016 , J. & K. Kalb 41769 (Hb. K. &. J. Kalb). Remarks :—A new name was necessary for this species when transferred to the genus Graphis , because there is a different species already named Graphis norstictica A. W. Archer & Lücking , in Lücking, Archer & Aptroot (2009) with a laterally carbonized exciple and muriform ascospores.