Abstract
The genus Dicranorhina Shuckard, 1840, is reviewed from the Indian subcontinent. Three new species namely D. dinesani Mawadda, Girish Kumar & Sureshan sp. nov., D. georgei Mawadda, Girish Kumar & Sureshan sp. nov., and D. sreeramani Mawadda, Girish Kumar & Sureshan sp. nov., are described from the Southern Western Ghats of Kerala. Differences to similar species are given and a revised key to species of the Indo-Australian and Pacific regions is provided.
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