Trivedi Jigneshkumar N, Lowry James K, Myers Alan A, Keloth Rajmohana
Department of Life Sciences, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan, Gujarat, India..
Zootaxa. 2020 Feb 12;4732(2):zootaxa.4732.2.4. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4732.2.4.
Two species of the beach-hopper genus Talorchestia Dana, 1853 were collected at Cheriyam Island in the union territory of Lakshadweep in south western India. One species was identified as T. affinis Maccagno, 1936, known previously from the Red Sea, Somalia and East Africa and recorded for the first time from India, the other proved to be a new species, T. lakshadweepensis sp. nov.
1853年,达纳(Dana)建立的海滩跳虫属(Talorchestia)中的两个物种,是在印度西南部拉克沙群岛联邦属地的切里亚姆岛采集到的。其中一个物种被鉴定为亲近海滩跳虫(Talorchestia affinis),马卡尼奥(Maccagno)于1936年首次发现,此前已知分布于红海、索马里和东非,此次是在印度首次记录到该物种;另一个则被证明是一个新物种,即拉克沙海滩跳虫(Talorchestia lakshadweepensis)新种。