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Hexapod species in Nilgiris
June 12 , 2025
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- A species of hexapod originally described from the Nilgiris close to a century ago, was “rediscovered” recently.
- J. R. Dennis, a French scientist in 1933, had identified a rare species of springtail (Collembolla) insect from the Devar shola near Gudalur in Nilgiris.
- He named it Ballistura fitchi renamed it as Ballistura fitchoides in 1944
- Though 21 species are recorded throughout the world, genetic data of this genus are not available.
- Until now only two species of Ballistura are reported from India.
- The second one is from Bengal (Ballistura bengalensis by Yosii 1966).
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