Calx Christiansen, 1958

Mandal, G. P., 2018, Three new species of Collembola from India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (2), pp. 107-127 : 107-108

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Calx Christiansen, 1958
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Genus Calx Christiansen, 1958 View in CoL

1958. Calx Christiansen Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv.

Univ., 118: 437–545

Type species: Entomobrya (Drepanura) sabulicola Mills, 1931

Calx Christiansen, 1958 View in CoL is a new world scale less Entomobryinae View in CoL genus with falcate mucro; head with 8+8 eyes; large macrochaetae bases present on anterior margin of thorax; mucronal basal spine absent, claw with four inner teeth ( Christiansen, 1958). So far, four species have been described all over the world (Bellinger et al., 2017) and the genus Calx View in CoL is recorded from India for the first time with a description of new species Calx kailashi View in CoL n. sp. A checklist of world species of Calx View in CoL as reference to their distribution in India and the world is provided.

1. Calx sabulicola (Mills, 1931) View in CoL . It was recorded from N. North America, S. North America, Pacific North America.

2. Calx cubensis ( Folsom, 1927) View in CoL . It was recorded from Caribbean mainland, Antillean and S. Florida.

3. Calx luthuli Rapoport and Rubio, 1968 View in CoL . It was recorded from Cerro El Pajonal, Antofagasta, Steppe tall, Chile (Andean).

4. Calx neryi Soto-Adames, 2002 View in CoL . It was recorded from Antillean and S. Florida

5. Calx kailashi View in CoL n. sp.

A new species, Calx kailashi View in CoL n. sp. is described from Panvasba Nallah, Koderma Wild Life Sanctuary, Koderma district, Jharkhand, India.

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