Bensonella hooki Páll-Gergely, 2023

Figs 39 H, 58

Bensonella hooki Páll-Gergely in Páll-Gergely and White 2023: 2023–2025, figs 6, 9 c, d.

Type material examined.

India • holotype; Godwin-Austen coll.; NHMUK 20191114 .

Type locality.

“ … Cherrapunji … ” (India).

Differential diagnosis.

See under B. lakainguta, B. montawa sp. nov., B. multihami, B. plicidens and B. spinosa sp. nov.

Distribution.

SE and SW Himalaya region.

Remarks.

After long-lasting taxonomic confusion, it has been shown that this species (hooked apertural barriers) is distinct from B. plicidens (blunt barriers) even though both “ forms ” were found mixed together in the same specimen lot (for details see Páll-Gergely and White 2023).