Ilyocryptus spinifer Herrick, 1882

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 : 29-30

(59) Ilyocryptus spinifer Herrick, 1882

Indian records. Andaman & Nicobar Islands — Venkataraman (1991b, 2000a); Andhra Pradesh — Chandrasekhar (2010); Assam —Sharma S. (2008a, b); Bihar —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2001); Goa— Rane (2008); Karnataka — Patil & Gouder (1988); Kerala — Biswas (1971), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Subhash Babu & Nayar (2004), Subhash Babu & Thomas (2007), Balaraman (2008); Maharashtra — Rane (2002, 2004, 2005a, 2006), Vanjare et al. (2010); Manipur —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2009a); Meghalaya — Patil (1976), Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (1999; 2011), Sharma S. (2010a); Rajasthan — Biswas (1971), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Venkataraman (1992b), Tamil Nadu — Venkataraman (1999b), Kotov & Dumont (2000), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2002), Dheenadayalamoorty & Sultana (2011); Tripura —Venkataraman (1995b), Venkataraman & Das (2000); West Bengal — Gurney (1907), Sharma B.K. (1978), Venkataraman (1993b), Venkataraman & Das (2001); Kotov & Dumont (2000); General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984), Sharma B.K. & Michael (1987), Murugan et al. (1998), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003).

Remarks. It was described from USA ( Herrick 1882). Last worldwide revision of this taxon ( Kotov & Williams 2000; Kotov & Dumont 2000) did not reveal differences between populations from different continents. Therefore, I. halyi described from Asia (i.e. reported by Biswas 1971, 1980) is a junior synonym of I. spinifer described from North America (see Michael & Sharma B.K. 1988; Kotov & Dumont 2000).

Distribution. Cosmopolitan ( Kotov & Dumont 2000).