Cincticostella indica (Kapur & Kripalani, 1961), nomen dubium, new status

Martynov, Alexander V., Selvakumar, C., Palatov, Dmitry M., Subramanian, K. A., Sivaramakrishnan, K. G., Vasanth, M. & Jacobus, Luke M., 2021, Overview of Indian and Nepali representatives of the Cincticostella nigra (Ueno, 1928) complex (Ephemeroptera, Ephemerellidae), with discussion about Cincticostella Allen, 1971 species complexes, ZooKeys 1040, pp. 123-166 : 123

Cincticostella indica (Kapur & Kripalani, 1961), nomen dubium, new status

Ephemerella indica Kapur & Kripalani, 1961

Cincticostella indica (Kapur & Kripalani, 1961) in Jacobus and McCafferty 2008

Remarks.

Cincticostella indica was described only from the female adult stage ( Kapur and Kripalani 1961) and it was included in Cincticostella by Jacobus and McCafferty (2008), based on the colouration of the abdomen of the female adult, which is similar to that of several other Cincticostella species. Its status was regarded as questionable by Xie et al. (2009). Recently, we tried to examine the holotype of C. indica , but the type specimen could not be located from the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata ( Hubbard and Srivastava 1984). Hence, C. indica cannot be identified and, given that the type material is apparently lost, we hereby regard it as a nomen dubium.