Piona cf. pachydermoidea K. Viets, 1956

(Fig. 4A–C)

New records: India, Assam State: Kamrup district, SW of Guwahati city, Deeper Beel wetland, between the water hyacinth Eichhornia corniculata, 26.10903N 91.68359E, 37 m asl., 8. xii. 2009, leg. Das & Bordoloi, 0/1/0 (mounted).

Remarks: The female specimen from Assam resembles Piona catatama Cook (known from southern India (see above) and P. pachydermoidea K. Viets, described from Thailand (Piersig 1906). Our specimen has the setal tubercles on P-4 well pronounced (vs. extremly small setal tubercles in P. catatama, see Cook 1967, Fig. 575). The palps and anterior legs are missing in the original description of P. pachydermoidea, so our attribution to this species is tentative and a meaningful comparasion can only be made when a complete specimen of P. pachydermoidea from the area of locus typicus has been described.

Habitat: Ponds.

Distribution: India, Thailand.