Macrothrix spinosa King, 1853

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 : 33

(65) Macrothrix spinosa King, 1853

Indian records. Andaman & Nicobar Islands — Venkataraman (1991b, 2000a); Andhra Pradesh — Siddiqi & Chandrasekhar (1993), Subbamma (1993), Chandrasekhar (2004a), Karuthapandi et al. (2012); Assam —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2008b); Bihar —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2001); Goa— Rane (2008); Jharkhand — Venkataraman & Nandi (1997); Karnataka — Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2007); Kerala —Subash Babu & Nayar (2004), Subhash Babu & Thomas (2007); Maharashtra — Rane (2004, 2005a, b, 2006), Vanjare et al. (2010); Manipur — Patil (1976), Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2009); Meghalaya —Hatter et al. (2004), Sharma S. (2010a), Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2011); Rajasthan — Biswas (1971), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Venkataraman (1992b, 1995a); Tamil Nadu —Michael (1993), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Raghunathan (1983), Venkataraman (1995a, 1999b), Revathi & Raghunathan (1999), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2002, 2009), Raghunathan & Valarmathi (2007), Dheenadayalamoorty & Sultana (2011); Tripura —Venkataraman (1995b), Venkataraman & Das (2000); West Bengal — Venkataraman (1993b), Venkataraman & Das (1993, 2001), Venkataraman & Nandi (1997), Venkataraman et al. (2000), Khan (2003), Chattopadhyay & Barik (2009), Datta (2011); General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984); Sharma B.K. & Michael (1987), Murugan et al. (1998); Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003).

Remarks. Valid species described from Australia ( King 1853a). Its life span was studied by Suresh Kumar and Altaff (2002b).

Distribution. Circumtropical ( Smirnov 1992).

“ Macrothrix tenuicornis n.sp. ” in Gurney, 1907

Type locality. “Swamp without shade; not many plants”, and “Large, shallow tank without shade”; weeds aundant, both in Chakradharpur , Chaibassa District, Chota Nagpur ”, Jharkhand, India ( Gurney, 1907) .

Indian records. Jharkhand — Gurney (1907); General record— Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003).

Remarks. M. tenuicornis Gurney, 1907 is an invalid name, a junior homonym of M. tenuicornis Kurz, 1874 .

Macrothrix tobaensis Johnson, 1956

Indian records. General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984).

Remarks. It was described from Indonesia ( Johnson 1956b). Smirnov (1976) regarded M. tobaensis as a valid species, then ( Smirnov 1992) he said that this taxon needs to be revised. So, any determinations of this taxon are impossible before the revision of specimens from its type locality, Lake Toba ( Indonesia). The record of Fernando & Kanduru (1984) seems to be very dubious.