Author:
Pratik Pansare ,H. Sankararaman ,Hemant V. Ghate
Abstract
Urolabida nilgirica Yang, 1938 is rediscovered and redescribed from India after 85 years since its original description. A brief redescription of this species along with the images of live habitus, various diagnostic characters, and genitalia are provided.
Publisher
Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Nature and Landscape Conservation,Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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