Moina micrura Kurz, 1874

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(48) Moina micrura Kurz, 1874

Indian records. Andaman & Nicobar Islands — Venkataraman (1991b, 1992d, 2000a); Andhra Pradesh — Subbamma (1992, 1993), Chandrasekhar & Kodarkar (1994), Chandrasekhar (1994, 1998b, 2004a, 2010), Malathi et al. (1998); Assam — Biswas (1980), Sharma B.K. et al. (2000), Sharma S. (2008b), Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2008 a, b); Bihar — Brehm (1950), Verma & Duttamunshi (1983), Venkataraman & Nandi (1997), Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2001); Delhi — Arora & Mehra (2009); Goa— Rane (2008); Haryana —Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988); Jammu & Kashmir— Raina & Vass (1993), Siraj et al. (2006, 2007); Jharkhand — Venkataraman & Nandi (1997), Chandrasekhar & Chatterjee (2008); Karnataka — Brehm (1953), Raghunathan (1988), Patil & Goudhar (1988), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2007); Kerala —Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988); Kerala — Raghunathan (1989), Subash Babu & Nayar (2004), Subhash Babu & Thomas (2007); Madhya Pradesh — Mahor (2011); Maharashtra — Rane (2002, 2004, 2005b, 2006, 2009), Pawar et al. (2003), Pawar & Pulle (2005), Jayabhaye & Madlapure (2006), Deshpande et al. (2007), Kamble et al. (2007), Gaikwad et al. (2008), Waghmare & Lokhande (2009), Jayabhaye (2010), Ghantaloo et al. (2011); Manipur —Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. (2009a); Meghalaya —Sharma S (2010a, b); Punjab—Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Battish & Kumari (1982); Rajasthan — Biswas (1971), Sharma R. et al. (2011), Sharma V. et al. (2012); Tamil Nadu — Brehm (1936), Michael (1973), Murugan & Job (1981), Raghunathan (1983, 1990, 1991), Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Venkataraman (1995a, 1999), Raghunathan & Revathi (1999a, c), Revathi & Raghunathan (1999), Isaiarasu (1999), Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2002, 2009), Kudari et al. (2005), Usha et al. (2006), Raghunathan & Valarmathi (2007), Mohideen et al. (2008), Kanagasabapathi & Rajan (2010), Dheenadayalamoorty & Sultana (2011), Devi & Ramanibai (2012), Prabhakar et al. (2012); Tripura —Venkataraman (1995b), Venkataraman & Das (2000); Uttarakhand — Mishra et al. (2010); West Bengal —Sharma B.K. (1978); Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988), Venkataraman (1993b), Venkataraman & Nandi (1997), Bilgrami (1991a), Sinha & Khan (2000), Venkataraman & Das (2001), Venkataraman et al. (2000), Chandrasekhar & Chatterjee (2002), Khan (2003), Mukhopadhyay et al. (2007), Ganesan & Khan (2008), Chattopadhyay & Barik (2009), Patra et al. (2011); General record— Fernando & Kanduru (1984), Sharma B.K. & Michael (1987), Murugan et al. (1998); Raghunathan & Suresh Kumar (2003).

Remarks. Valid species described from Czech Republic ( Kurz 1874). Worlwide this is a complex of cryptic species ( Petrusek et al. 2004). Note that Indian populaions described by Michael & Sharma B.K. (1988) belong to M. micrura dubia in understanding of Smirnov (1976).

Moina dodhui Rane, 1987 is a junior synonym of M. micrura (see Sharma B.K. & Sharma S. 1990). “ Moina dubia ” from West Bengal — Swell (1935); Tamil Nadu — Brehm (1936), Bihar — Brehm (1950), Karnataka — Brehm (1953), Rajasthan — Biswas (1971) belongs also to Moina micrura Kurz, 1874 (see Michael & Sharma B.K. 1988).

Biology of this species was studied by Murugan (1975a, 1989), Jana & Pal (1985b, c), Punia (1988), Thresimma et al. (1991), Jana & Chakrabarti (1993), Altaff & Sivakumar (2002), Sumita & Ramanibai (2003) and Subhash Babu & Nandan (2010).

Distribution. Widely distributed in tropics and subtropics, southern Europe.

Moina micrura dubia see M. dubia