Journal of Entomological Research

SCOPUSWeb of Science
  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 48
  • Issue: suppl

New record of alien species of terrestrial slug, Eleutherocaulis haroldi (Dundee, 1980) from Bihar

  • Author:
  • Mohd. Danish Masroor*, Zakkia Masroor1, Sidh Nath Prasad ‘Deen’ Yadav, N.A. Aravind2
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 1001 to 1003

Post Graduate Department of Zoology, Magadh university, Bodhgaya - 824 234, Bihar, India

1Gaya College, Gaya - 823 001, Bihar, India

2Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur, Bengaluru - 560 064, Karnataka, India

Abstract

Eleutherocaulis haroldi (Dundee, 1980) is, an introduced species in India (Magare, 2015), is native to south-eastern South Africa (Dundee 1980). Authors observed E. haroldi for the first time in Bihar and the photographs preliminarily identified it as an alien slug. Authors are reporting Eleutherocaulis haroldi (Dundee 1980) (Family: Veronicellidae) now as first record from Bihar.

Keywords

Bihar, First record, Invasive alien species, Terrestrial slug