Endemic Fauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bay of Bengal

Endemic Fauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bay of Bengal Endemic Fauna of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bay of Bengal

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Habitat : Tropical and subtropical rain forests. Distribution : India : Andaman Islands. Status : Information deficient. 210. Zethes costalis Moore 1992. Zethes costalis : Chandra and Kumar, J. Andaman Sci. Assoc., 8(2) : 144. Habitat : Tropical and subtropical rain forests. Distribution : India : Andaman Islands. Status : Information deficient. Order : Trichoptera Total 24 species belonging to 15 genera under eight families have been reported from Andaman and Nicobar Islands of which 23 species are occuring in Andamans and only one species in Nicobar Islands. Of these, 17 species are endemic to the islands. Habitat : Tropical and subtropical rain forests. Family : RHYACOPHILIDAE 1. Rhyacophila antiope Malicky Distribution : India : Andaman Islands (North). Status : Information deficient. Habitat : Tropical and subtropical rain forests. Family : PHILOPOTAMIDAE 2. Chimarra ariadne Malicky Distribution : India : Nicobar Islands (South). Status : Information deficient. Habitat : Tropical and subtropical rain forests. 3. Chimarra bimbltona Malicky Distribution : India : Andaman Islands (South). Status : Information deficient. 4. Chimarra kailishchandrai Malicky 252

Habitat : Tropical and subtropical rain forests. Distribution : India : Andaman Islands (South). Status : Information deficient. Habitat : Tropical and subtropical rain forests. 5. Chimarra mongelutonga Malicky Distribution : India : Andaman Islands (South). Status : Information deficient. Habitat : Tropical and subtropical rain forests. Family : PSYCHOMIDAE 6. Paduniella andamanensis Malicky Distribution : India : Andaman Islands (South). Status : Information deficient. Habitat : Tropical and subtropical rain forests. Family : ECNOMIDAE 7. Ecnomus mithrakai Malicky Distribution : India : Andaman Islands (South). Status : Information deficient. Habitat : Tropical and subtropical rain forests. Family : POLYCENTROPODIDAE 8. Polyplectropus dhinkari Malicky Distribution : India : Andaman Islands (North) Status : Information deficient. Habitat : Tropical and subtropical rain forests. 9. Nyctiophylax antaios Malicky Distribution : India : Andaman Islands (North). Status : Information deficient. 10. Dispseudopsis infuscata Malicky 253

Habitat : Tropical <strong>and</strong> subtropical rain forests.<br />

Distribution : India : <strong>Andaman</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s.<br />

Status : Information deficient.<br />

210. Zethes costalis Moore<br />

1992. Zethes costalis : Ch<strong>and</strong>ra <strong>and</strong> Kumar, J. <strong>Andaman</strong> Sci. Assoc., 8(2) : 144.<br />

Habitat : Tropical <strong>and</strong> subtropical rain forests.<br />

Distribution : India : <strong>Andaman</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s.<br />

Status : Information deficient.<br />

Order : Trichoptera<br />

Total 24 species belonging to 15 genera under eight families have been reported<br />

from <strong>Andaman</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Nicobar</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s <strong>of</strong> which 23 species are occuring in <strong>Andaman</strong>s <strong>and</strong> only<br />

one species in <strong>Nicobar</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s. Of these, 17 species are endemic to the isl<strong>and</strong>s.<br />

Habitat : Tropical <strong>and</strong> subtropical rain forests.<br />

Family : RHYACOPHILIDAE<br />

1. Rhyacophila antiope Malicky<br />

Distribution : India : <strong>Andaman</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s (North).<br />

Status : Information deficient.<br />

Habitat : Tropical <strong>and</strong> subtropical rain forests.<br />

Family : PHILOPOTAMIDAE<br />

2. Chimarra ariadne Malicky<br />

Distribution : India : <strong>Nicobar</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s (South).<br />

Status : Information deficient.<br />

Habitat : Tropical <strong>and</strong> subtropical rain forests.<br />

3. Chimarra bimbltona Malicky<br />

Distribution : India : <strong>Andaman</strong> Isl<strong>and</strong>s (South).<br />

Status : Information deficient.<br />

4. Chimarra kailishch<strong>and</strong>rai Malicky<br />

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