Dicharax chennelli (Godwin-Austen, 1886)

Fig. 52A–E

Alycaeus chennelli Godwin-Austen, 1886: 192–193, pl. 48 fig. 2.

Alycaeus chennelli – Godwin-Austen 1914: 387.

Alycaeus chennelli var. – Godwin-Austen 1914: 387.

Alycaeus (Dicharax) chennelli – Kobelt 1902: 366. — Gude 1921: 240–241.

Chamalycaeus (Dicharax) chennelli – Ramakrishna et al. 2010: 57.

Dicharax chennelli – Páll-Gergely et al. 2020: 55.

Type material examined

INDIA • 8 syntypes (Fig. 52A–E); Piknui, Naga Hills; A. Chennell leg.; NHMUK 1903.7.1.2612 • 10 shells of “ chennelli var.”; Lhota Naga Hills; A. Chennell leg.; NHMUK 1903.7.1.2613 .

Type localities

“Piknúi, Naga Hills”; “Lhota Naga Hills” ( chennelli var.).

Differential diagnosis

The only stable character which distinguishes D. chennelli from D. diagonius is the presence of a lower apertural incision in the former, whilst it is absent in the latter.