Chydorus reticulatus Daday, 1898

CHATTERJEE, TAPAS, KOTOV, ALEXEY A., DAMME, KAY VAN, CHANDRASEKHAR, S. V. A. & PADHYE, SAMEER, 2013, An annotated checklist of the Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) from India, Zootaxa 3667 (1), pp. 1-89 : 55

(114) Chydorus reticulatus Daday, 1898

Indian records. Andaman & Nicobar Islands — Venkataraman (1991b, 2000a); Andhra Pradesh — Siddiqi & Chandrasekhar (1993), Chandrasekhar (2004 a, 2010); Assam —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2008a,b); Karnataka — Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Patil & Gouder (1988); Kerala — Raghunathan (1989); Maharashtra — Rane (2005a, b), Pandit et al. (2007); Rajasthan — Biswas (1971); Rajasthan —Sharma V. et al. (2012); Tamil Nadu — Raghunathan (1983, 1990, 1991), Raghunathan & Revathi (1999a, c), Revathi & Raghunathan (1999), Raghunathan & Rane (2001), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2002, 2009), Raghunathan & Valarmathi (2007); Tripura — Venkataraman & Das (2000); West Bengal — Venkataraman & Das (2001), Venkataraman & Nandi (1997), Chandrasekhar (1998a); General record— Michael & Hann (1979), Fernando & Kanduru (1984), Sharma B.K. & Michael (1987), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Murugan et al. (1998), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003).

Remarks. Valid species, described from Sri Lanka ( Daday 1898; Smirnov 1996). Differences with C. ventricosus are discussed by Michael & Hann (1979).

Distribution. “ Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia ” ( Smirnov 1996). Common in the Oriental zone ( Idris 1983; Maiphae et al. 2005; Tanaka & Ohtaka 2010).

Chydorus robustus Stingelin, 1905

Indian records. Rajasthan — Biswas (1971); Tamil Nadu — Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2002, 2003); General record— Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003).

Remarks. Junior synonym of C. parvus Daday, 1898 ( Smirnov 1996) , described from Indonesia ( Stingelin 1905).