Tomocerus ( Ocreatomurus ) paraspinulus Gong, Qin & Yu, 2018

Tomocerus ( Ocreatomurus) paraspinulus Gong, Qin & Yu, 2018 View in CoL ( Fig. 7A–B)

Material examined. 1 specimen on slide, INDIA, West Bengal, Darjeeling district, Singalila National Park, Gairibas , Red Panda Site , collected from leaf litter, 27°09'3.6"N, 87°13'58.8"E, 909 m a.s.l., 28.ii.2021, K.K. Suman leg., reg. no.- 3101/ H14 GoogleMaps .

Description. Adult body length about 1.12 mm. Ground colour pale yellow to light brown (in alcohol), Ant. I–II distally purple pigmented, Ant. III–IV missing. Eye patches black and frontal area of head with purple pigment. Rest of body without any pigment. Body covered with distinctly striated rounded or truncated scales. Ratio of Ant. I: II: III – 1: 1.19: 5.23. Eyes 6+6, head diagonal: body length– 1: 4.47. Head chaetotaxy same as per Gong et al., 2018. Labral formula as 4/5, 5, 4; all smooth, anterior portion with four curved denticles. Labial palp with 4 chaetae, tip of lateral process not reaching the base. Unguis with basal paired, two lateral, one external and 4–5 internal teeth. Unguiculus lanceolate with an inner tooth, sometimes absent on fore claw ( Fig. 7A). Trochantero-femoral organ with 1+1 chaetae. Tita I–III with 8, 8, 7 spine-like chaetae respectively on its ventral side. Tenent hair clavate. Mac and bothriotricha of abdomen not very different from the original description. Retinaculum quadridentate with 19 chaetae on corpus. Manubrium: dens: mucro ratio as 2.87: 4.11: 1.

Manubrium with large corner chaetae and 10 spines like chaetae laterally. Dental spine formula– 5/6, I; serrated spines with evenly distributed small denticles, basal spines gradually increase in length. Mucro setaceous with paired basal, 6–7 intermediate, large apical and slightly small subapical tooth ( Fig. 7B).

Distribution in India. West Bengal (Darjeeling).

General distribution. Sino-Japanese region.

Remarks. The species is first time reported from India as well as the state of West Bengal. T. paraspinulus has close similarity with T. spinulus Chen & Christiansen, 1998 and T. pseudospinulus , though differs from them in having a blunt prominent chaeta on manubrium.