Abstract
Indian hubbardiids which were recently described but had doubtful generic placements are revised. The new genus Gravelyzomus is described here for Schizomus chalakudicus Bastawade, 2002. A new combination is proposed for Schizomus chaibassicus Bastawade, 2002 which is newly transferred to the genus Burmezomus . DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/tapro.v4i2.5057 TAPROBANICA . October, 2012. Vol. 04, No. 02: pp. 65-68
Highlights
The Indian species of the arachnid order Schizomida are very poorly characterized and represented by only six species: Tritheryus sijuensis Gravely, 1925; Ovozomus lunatus (Gravely, 1911); “Schizomus” kharagpurensis Gravely, 1912; Schizomus chaibassicus Bastawade, 2002; Schizomus chalakudicus Bastawade, 2002; and Neozomus tikaderi Cokendolpher, Sissom & Bastawade, 1988
Bastawade (2004) studied some species deposited by Gravely in the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), and redescribed six species using criteria developed by Reddell & Cokendolpher (1995), of which only two species were reported from India
The descriptions provided by Bastawade (2002) provided illustrations of the propeltidium, pedipalp, A NEW GENUS OF INDIAN SHORT-TAILED WHIP-SCORPIONS
Summary
The Indian species of the arachnid order Schizomida are very poorly characterized and represented by only six species: Tritheryus sijuensis Gravely, 1925; Ovozomus lunatus (Gravely, 1911); “Schizomus” kharagpurensis Gravely, 1912; Schizomus chaibassicus Bastawade, 2002; Schizomus chalakudicus Bastawade, 2002; and Neozomus tikaderi Cokendolpher, Sissom & Bastawade, 1988. H. Gravely who collected schizomids from India and surrounding countries, while Bastawade (1985, 1992, 2002, 2004) worked on Gravely’s collection and described a few new species. Preparing thorough descriptions, Bastawade (2002, 2004) maintained these species within the genus Schizomus and placed the generic name in inverted commas to indicate the uncertainty of the placement of the species in combination with the genus as given in Reddell & Cokendolpher (1995). The descriptions provided by Bastawade (2002) provided illustrations of the propeltidium, pedipalp, A NEW GENUS OF INDIAN SHORT-TAILED WHIP-SCORPIONS
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