Dicharax strangulatus (L. Pfeiffer, 1846)

Fig. 74K–O

Cyclostoma strangulatum L. Pfeiffer, 1846: 86 .

Alycaeus strangulatus – Sowerby 1877: pl. 6, species 47. — Godwin-Austen 1914: 337, pl. 136 figs 1, 1a. Alycaeus (Dicharax) strangulatus – Kobelt 1902: 376. — Gude 1921: 269.

Chamalycaeus (Dicharax) strangulatus – Ramakrishna et al. 2010: 66.

Dicharax strangulatus – Sajan et al. 2020: 523, figs 1a–b, 2a–l. — Páll-Gergely et al. 2020: 104.

Type material examined

INDIA • 1 shell (“possible syntype ”) (Fig. 74K–O); NHMUK 1856.9.15.18 • at least 5 shells; Mussoorie, N.W Himalaya,“figd”; NHMUK 1903.7.1.2501 • several shells; NHMUK 1928.7.28.85-104 (from general collection) . See also newly collected specimens examined in Sajan et al. (2020).

Type locality

“Bengalia”.

Differential diagnosis

See under D. rechilaensis .