Mecistocephalus cf. diversidens ( Silvestri, 1919 )

Kharkongor, Ilona Jacinta, Saikia, Uttam, Khynriam, Dimos & Saikia, Bhaskar, 2023, Current status of faunal diversity of Siju Cave, South Garo Hills, Meghalaya, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 123 (3), pp. 283-303 : 295

29. Mecistocephalus cf. diversidens ( Silvestri, 1919)

1919. Lamnonyx diversidens Silvestri, Rec. Ind. Mus. , 16:76-78, Fig. xx.

Material examined: 1 ex. Siju Cave (at the entrance of the Cave), Siju village, South Garo Hills District , Meghalaya, 25 o 21.061’N, 90 o 41.006’E, 119m, 12.xii.2018, coll. I. J. Kharkongor & party, Reg. No. IV /MY/ERS-127 .

Remarks: The yellow-coloured specimen with a dark reddish-brown head was found crawling on a mosscovered rock at the Cave entrance. It has a close affinity with Lamnonyx diversidens as described by Silvestri (1919), but fresh collections are needed to confirm it. Silvestri (1924) has reported the species (as Lamnonyx diversidens ) between 350-500ft. from the entrance of the Siju Cave.