Heleopera sylvatica Penard, 1890

Bindu, L., 2023, Diversity of testate amoebae (Amoebozoa and Cercozoa) in Western Ghats of Kerala with 8 new records to India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 123 (2), pp. 117-134 : 127

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64. Heleopera sylvatica Penard, 1890

1890. Heleopera sylvatica Penard, Mem. Soc. Phys. Et. Hist. Nat . Geneve, 31 (2): 168.

Material examined: Mi-441, 4exs., Rock moss, 18.xi.2016, Shenthuriney WLS.

Distribution: India: Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland and

West Bengal. Elsewhere: Cosmopolitan.

Remarks: Present record from Kerala.

65. Physochilla tenella Penard, 1893 [Plate-2(D)]

1893. Physochilla tenella Penard, Arch. Sci.Phys. Nat . Geneve, 29: 165-184.

Material examined: Pt.4105/6, 2exs., Tree moss, 8.xi.2017, Pambadum shola.

Diagnosis: The test is medium, pear-shaped in dorsal view; the aperture is surrounded by a wide ridge consisting of small elliptical idiosomes, and partially overlapping edges. The shell is chitinoid, slightly flattened, and has shallow pits on the surface. The mouth of the shell is broadly elliptical. Shell length 68-85µm, width 40-60µm.

Distribution: India: Present record. Elsewhere: Cosmopolitan.

Remarks: Present ecord from India.