First report of the Gondwana genus Beatogordius from India, with further records of two Chordodes species (Gordiida, Nematomorpha)

By

Yadav, Arun K.
Schmidt-Rhaesa, Andreas
Limatemjen

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2017

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

643

Pages

53-61

Subjects

Beatogordius , Biodiversity , Chordodes , Gordiida , Nematomorpha , new species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.643.10506

 

Abstract

Three horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) are recorded from Nagaland, India. The first species is Chordodes combiareolatus, which was recently described from Nagaland. The second is Chordodes cf. furnessi, earlier reported from Meghalaya, and some new observations are added. The third is a new species, described as Beatogordius nagalandis sp. n. This is the first report of the genus Beatogordius in India and this observation fits well into the Gondwana distribution of the genus. The species is quite similar to B. chinensis, reported from South China.