Entomological Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, R.B.S. College, Agra - 282 003, U.P., India.
1 Department of Zoology, Swami Sharaddhanand College, Alipur Village, (University of Delhi), Delhi - 110 036.
Spring tails (Collembola) which belong to Apterygota group, exhibit great phenotypic variation due to geological and environmental factors. Tomocerus bajalis (sp. nov.) has been collected under stones from Sutlaz valley, Kulu. This species differs from its closely related species Tomocerus necolate in the piculier structure of Dens, heavily covered setae and photoreceptor Ocelli.
