Abstract

The present paper provides a new record of the genus Oxytauchira Ramme, 1941 from Uttar Pradesh, India and a new species of the same genus Oxytauchira is described and illustrated from India. The new species Oxytauchira rohilla sp. nov. is reported from Sambhal District of Rohilkhand Region. This is the second species of Oxytauchira reported after Oxtauchira jaintia Ingrisch, Willemse & Shishodia, 2004 from India. The characteristic features of the new species are the presence of a bilobate prosternal process, uniform coloration of hind femur without any marking, tegmina surpassing abdomen and hind femur knees and presence of an external apical spine on hind tibia.

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