title: First report of the Gondwana genusBeatogordiusfrom India, with further records of twoChordodesspecies (Gordiida, Nematomorpha).
abstract: Three horsehair worms (Nematomorpha) are recorded from Nagaland, India. The first species isChordodes combiareolatus, which was recently described from Nagaland. The second is Chordodes cf. furnessi, earlier reported from Meghalaya, and some new observations are added. The third is a new species, described asBeatogordius nagalandissp. n.This is the first report of the genusBeatogordiusin India and this observation fits well into the Gondwana distribution of the genus. The species is quite similar toBeatogordius chinensis, reported from South China.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong 793 022, India.
authors.forename: Arun K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.affiliation: Zoological Museum, University Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Schmidt-Rhaesa
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Kohima Science College (Autonomous), Jotsoma, Nagaland 797002, India.
authors.lastname: Limatemjen
keywords: Beatogordius; Chordodes; Gordiida; Nematomorpha; biodiversity; new species