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Fauna ojIndia DERMAPTERA Part - III G. K. SRIVASTAVA FAUNA OF INDIA AND THE ADJACENT COUNTRIES DERMAPTERA PART - III Superfamilies APACHYOIDEA and FORFICULOIDEA G. K. Srivastava* *Present address: 1/56, Vibhav Khand, Gomtinagar, Lucknow - 226010, India EmailID:[email protected] Edited by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata Zoological Survey of India Kolkata CITATION Srivastava, G. K. 2013. Fauna of India and the adjacent Countries-Dermaptera : Apachyoidea and Forficuloidae, Part III : 1-469 (Published by the Director, Zool. Surv. India, Kolkata) Published: November, 2013 ISBN 978-81-8171-354-4 ©CbJt. of Irrl:ia, 2013 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED • No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. • This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade, be lent, re-sold hired out or otherwise disposed of without the publisher's consent, in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published. • The correct price of this publication is the price printed on this page. Any revised price indicated by a rubber stamp or by a sticker or by any other means is incorrect and should be unacceptable. PRICE India Rs. 1200.000 Foreign $ 60; £ 45 Published at the Publication Division by the Director, Zoological Survey of India, M Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700 053 and printed at Calcutta Repro Graphics, Kolkata-700 006. FOREWORD It is one of the primary objectives of the Zoological Survey of India to bring out consolidated publications on various groups of animals through the Fauna ofIndia Series. The present volume is third in the series of Fauna of India - Dermaptera by Dr. G. K. Srivastava Additional Director (Rtd) ofZSI. With this part, the study on Dermaptera fauna known and described so far from India and the adjacent countries is almost complete. Before the work of Dr. G. K. Srivastava, the information on Dermaptera from India and adjacent countries was only through scattered publications. The present volume on Dermaptera, Part-III comprised of 152 species belonging to 46 genera under Apachyoidea and Forficuloidea from India and the adjacent countries. Dr. Srivastava also appended a list of taxa published in Part-I and II for easy and in hand information to the researchers. Dr Srivastava, who is actively engaged in the study ofDermaptera for a period of more than 35 years and is an authority on Dermaptera fauna, I not only congratulate Dr. Srivastava on the publication ofhis third volume of Fauna ofIndia but also thank him for his untiring effort in bringing out this volume even after 12 years of retirement. I hope this volume would be of a great use to the present and future workers nationally and internationally working in this group of insect for further research from India and the adjacent countries. Dr K. Venkataraman Director Zoological Survey of India (iv) PREFACE With this part, the study on Dermaptera from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka is complete. However, in future when further explorations are undertaken, especially in whole of Himalaya; North eastern Hills, Western Ghats and Andaman and Nicobar Islands within Indian limits, a few more undescribed species may be discovered besides recording several others for the first time from the area under study. A total of 152 species belonging to 46 genera under Apachyoidea and Forficuloidea are dealt with. General pattern is almost the same as that ofthe previous two parts ofthe series Information on the zoogeography and species composition from Andaman and Nicobar Islands, not known earlier, is provided, based upon the recent studies by the author. However, zoogeography of the Order is discussed in detail in the Part I. An interesting fact to be recorded here is that the author switched over to writing with left hand sometimes during 1984 onwards. The samples ofhis handwriting with right hand are on the Holotype label of Forficulajayarami Srivastava, 1972 and that ofleft hand of Forficula kashmirensis Srivastava, 1984. A revised list oftaxa included in Parts I and II is given under Appendix I. The changes were necessitated in the light of studies for the taxa of Pygidicranoidea by Srivastava (1993). The description and all other details remain valid. I am thankful to the Director, Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata for appointing me as Emeritus Scientist of the Zoological Survey of India and the Professor and Head, Department of Zoology, Lucknow U niversi ty, Lucknow for providing necessary facilities during the course of this work. G. K. Srivastava CONTENTS Introduction.............................................................................................................. 1 Zoogeography........................................................................................................... 1 Systematic List......................................................................................................... 5 Abbreviations Used .................................................................................................. 13 Key to The Supergeneric Taxa From The Indian Subcontinent ............................ 15 Systematic Account .................................................................................................. 18 Superlamily APACHYOIDEA ................................................................................... 19 Family APACHYIDAE .............................................................................................. 19 Genus Apachyus Serville, ..................................................................................... 20 A. feae Bormans, 1894 .............................................................................................. 21 Genus Dendroiketes Burr, 1909............................................................................. 24 D. corticinus (Burr, 1908) ......................................................................................... 24 Superfamily FORFICULOIDEA ............................................................................... 27 FamilySPONGIPHORIDAE .................................................................................... 27 Subfamily HOMOTAGINAE ..................................................................................... 28 Key to the genera..................................................................................................... 28 GenusParatages Srivastava, 1987 ........................................................................ 28 P mucronatus (StiH,1860) -Comb. n. ...................................................................... 29 (=Spongovostox ocellai Steinmann, 1984) - Syn. n. ............................................... 31 Genus Homotages Burr, 1909 ................................................................................ 32 Key to the species .................................................................................................... 33 H. feae (Bormans, 1888) ........................................................................................... 33 (= H. principalis Steinmann, 1989) - Syn. n. .......................................................... 33 H. tawangensis Srivastava, 1977 ............................................................................. 36 Subfamily SPONGIPHORINAE .............................................................................. 38 Key to the genera..................................................................................................... 38 Genus Marava Burr, 1911..................................................................................... 38 Key to the species .................................................................................................... 39 M. arachidis (Yersin, 1860) ...................................................................................... 39 M. sakaii Srivastava, 1995........................................................................................ 43 GenusSpongovostoxBurr, 1911............................................................................. 44 Key to the species .................................................................................................... 45 S. anamaliensis Srivastava, 1969 ............................................................................. 45 S. semiflavus (Bormans, 1894) ................................................................................. 48 (= Chaetospania lakhanmandiensis Kapoor, Bharadwaj & Banerjee, 1971) - Syn. n. 49 (= Spongovostos taurus Steinmann, 1985) - Syn. n. .............................................. 49 (viii) (= Spongovostox mirabilis Steinmann,1985) - Syn. n. ........................................... 49 Subfamily IRDEXINAE ........................................................................................... 51 Genus Irdex Burr, 1911 ......................................................................................... 51 Key to the species .................................................................................................... 52 1. nitidipennis (Bormans, 1894) ................................................................................ 52 (= Labia formosana Shiraki, 1928) - Syn n. ............................................................ 53 1. cingalensis (Dohrn, 1865 ......................................................................................