Simocephalus (Simocephalus) vetulus (O.F. Müller, 1776 )

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 : 23

(43) Simocephalus (Simocephalus) vetulus (O.F. Müller, 1776) s.lat.

Indian records. Assam — Biswas (1980), Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2008a, b); Andhra Pradesh — Siddiqi & Chandrasekhar (1993), Chandrasekhar (1996, 1998b, 2004a); Bihar — Nasar (1977), Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2001); Delhi — Michael (1966a); Goa— Rane (2008); Jammu & Kashmir— Brehm (1936), Akthar (1972), Yousuf et al. (1984), Balkhi (1987), Parveen (1988), Nath (1994), Raina & Vass (1993), Dar et al. (2002), Siraj et al. (2006); Jharkhand — Chandrasekhar & Chatterjee (2008); Karnataka — Brehm (1936); Madhya Pradesh — Singh (1982), Unni (1996), Mahor (2011); Maharashtra — Rane (2002, 2004, 2005a, b, 2006), Patil G.P. (2008); Meghalaya — Patil (1976), Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (1999), Sharma S. (2010a, b); Mizoram — Pachuau (2008); Orissa — Dhua & Patra (2006); Punjab— Brehm (1936), Battish (1983); Rajasthan — Biswas (1971), Nayar (1971), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Sharma V. et al. (2008, 2012), Paulose & Maheswari (2008), Tripathi et al. (2008), Sharma R. et al. (2011); Tamil Nadu —Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Suresh Kumar & Altaff (2002a), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2002, 2009), Sahoo & Jameson (2006); Tripura — Venkataraman & Das (2000); Uttarakhand — Brehm (1950), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988); West Bengal — Sharma (1978), Venkataraman & Das (1993), Venkataraman & Nandi (1997), Venkataraman (1998), Sinha & Khan (2000), Venkataraman et al. (2000), Khan (2003), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988); General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984), Sharma B.K. & Michael (1987), Murugan et al. (1998), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003).

Remarks. S. vetulus is a valid species described from Denmark (O.F. Müller 1776). But it is present only in Europe and North Africa, in other regions it is replaced by close sibling species ( Orlova-Bienkowskaja 2001). All Indian records should be re-examined. The effect of food on the life history of S. vetulus was investigated by Kanaujia (1988). Biology of S. vetulus was studied by Sharma P.C. & Pant (1982, 1984).

Simocephalus vetulus elizabethae , see Simocephalus elizabethae

Simocephalus (Echinocaudus) vidyae Rane, 1983

Type locality. “ Road side ditch near rice field, Tewar , Bhedaghat road, Jabalpur district ”, Madhya Pradesh, India ( Rane 1983c) .

Indian records. Madhya Pradesh — Rane (1983c).

Remarks. Apparent junior synonym of S. acutirostratus (Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. 1990; Orlova- Bienkowskaja 2001).