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Abstract
Four new species of Gonatocerus belonging to the litoralis group viz. Gonatocerus sundus sp. nov., Gonatocerus manaliensis sp. nov., Gonatocerusramamurthyi sp. nov. and Gonatocerus farmani sp. nov. are described from the northeastern and northwestern states of India. The type specimens are deposited in the Insect Collection, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India.
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Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to Dr Mohammad Hayat, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, for critically reviewing the manuscript. The authors thank Prof. Irfan Ahmad, Chairman, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, for providing research facilities. The authors thank the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi and Dr VV Ramamurthy, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, the National Coordinator of the Network Project on Insect Biosystematics for financial assistance. The second author (PTA) thanks the University Grant Commission, New Delhi for financial assistance.