Alonella (Alonella) excisa ( Fischer, 1854 )

CHATTERJEE, TAPAS, KOTOV, ALEXEY A., DAMME, KAY VAN, CHANDRASEKHAR, S. V. A. & PADHYE, SAMEER, 2013, An annotated checklist of the Cladocera (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) from India, Zootaxa 3667 (1), pp. 1-89 : 52

(106) Alonella (Alonella) excisa ( Fischer, 1854) s.lat.

Indian records. Andhra Pradesh — Siddiqi & Chandrasekhar (1993), Chandrasekhar (1996, 2004a); Assam— Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2008a, b), Sharma S. (2008b); Goa— Rane (2008); Jammu & Kashmir — Brehm (1936), Yousuf & Qadri (1977), Yousuf et al. (1984); Jharkhand —Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988); Kerala — Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988); Madhya Pradesh — Gurney (1907); Maharashtra — Rane (2006); Manipur — Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2009a); Meghalaya —Sharma S (1999, 2010a, b), Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2011); Tripura —Venlatraman (1995b), Venkataraman & Das (2000); Uttarakhand —Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988); West Bengal —Venkataraman & Das (1993b), Venkataraman (1998c), Venkataraman et al. (2000), Khan (2003); General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984), Murugan et al. (1998), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003).

Remarks. Valid species described from European Russia ( Fischer 1854). Oriental populations need to be revised.

Distribution. Cosmopolitan species complex ( Smirnov 1971, 1996).