Check List 10(6): 1565-1569, doi: 10.15560/10.6.1565
First records of four species of webspinners (Insecta: Embioptera) from Chhattisgarh, India
expand article infoKailash Chandra‡, Prosenjit Dawn‡
‡ Zoological Survey of India, India

Corresponding author: Prosenjit Dawn ( prosenjit.dawn@gmail.com )

© 2017 Kailash Chandra, Prosenjit Dawn.
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Citation: Dawn P, Chandra K (2014) First records of four species of webspinners (Insecta: Embioptera) from Chhattisgarh, India. Check List 10(6): 1565-1569. https://doi.org/10.15560/10.6.1565
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Abstract
The present paper deals with the first taxonomic account on webspinners (Embioptera) of Chhattisgarh, India. Out of 32 species or subspecies known from India, four species, namely Oligotoma humbertiana (Saussure, 1896), Oligotoma saundersii (Westwood, 1837) and Oligotoma annandalei Kapur & Kripalani, 1957 (family Oligotomidae) and Pseudembia setosa Ross, 1950 (family Embiidae) are reported for the first time from Chhattisgarh.
Keywords
Embiidae; Embioptera; webspinners; Chhattisgarh; India