Biography

Om Bahadur Chhotani, Indian entomologist (1931 – ?)

DESCRIBED ISOPTERA TAXA

Genera

Indocapritermes 1997

Krishnacapritermes 1997

Species

Amitermes gallagheri 1988

Angulitermes kashmirensis 1971 with Roonwal

Anguiltermes tilaki 1971 with Roonwal

Anoplotermes shillongensis 1960 with Roonwal

Brachymeria burksi 1966

Capritermes latignathus 1962 with Roonwal

Coptotermes beckeri 1969 with Mathur

Coptotermes kishori 1962 with Roonwal

Cryptotermes roonwali 1970

Cryptotermes melloi 1970

Discupiditermes boseae

Discupiditermes sisiri

Euhamitermes aruna 1975

Euhamitermes kanhaensis 1965 with Roonwal

Euhamitermes karnatakaensis 1965 with Roonwal

Euhamitermes shillongensis 1960 with Roonwal

Euhamitermes urbanii 1977 with Roonwal

Euhamitermes wittmeri 1977 with Roonwal

Eurytermes boveni 1966 with Roonwal

Gomphidia ganeshi 1982 with Lahiri & Mitra

Heterotermes balwanti 1969 with Mathur

Heterotermes omanae 1988

Indocapritermes aruni

Indotermes rongrensis 1962 with Roonwal

Iswara rajasthanicus 1976 with Ray

Krishnacapritermes maitii

Krishnacapritermes thakuri

Macrotermes khajuriai 1962 with Roonwal

Malaysiocapritermes dakshinae 1995 with Ferry

Malaysiocapritermes keralai 1995 with Ferry

Microcerotermes kudermukhae 1997

Microtermes imphalensis 1962 with Roonwal

Microtermes umeae 1962 with Roonwal

Nasutitermes cherraensis 1962 with Roonwal

Nasutitermes garoensis 1962 with Roonwal

Nasutitermes kali 1962 with Roonwal

Odontotermes giriensis 1962 with Roonwal

Odontotermes horai 1962 with Roonwal

Odontotermes kapuri 1962 with Roonwal

Odontotermes kulkarnii 1959 with Roonwal

Odontotermes mathadi 1964 with Roonwal

Odontotermes meturensis 1959 with Roonwal

Oligoaeschna andamani 1982 with Lahiri & Mitra

Pericapritermes durga with Roonwal

Procryptotermes dhari 1963 with Roonwal

Psammotermes rajasthanicus 1960 with Roonwal

Pseudocapritermes bhutanensis 1977 with Roonwal

Pseudocapritermes tikadari 1962 with Roonwal

Reticulitermes saraswati 1962 with Roonwal

Reticulitermes tirapi 1982 with Das

Speculitermes cyclops 1962 with Roonwal

Speculitermes deccanensis 1962 with Roonwal

Speculitermes dharwarensis 1964 with Roonwal

Speculitermes goesswaldi 1964 with Roonwal

Speculitermes paivai 1962 with Roonwal

Stylotermes bengalensis 1957 with Mathur

With Geeta Bose

Anacanthotermes saudiensis 1982

Angulitermes arabiae 1975

Angulitermes asirensis 1991

Glyptotermes tikaderi 1985

Heterotermes wittmeri 1982

Microcerotermes buettikeri 1979

His wife, Geeta Bose, entomologist (c.1927 – Kolkata 2015)

Genera

A new genus of nasutiform termite from Northeast India. J. Zool. Soc. India 42(1):73-9, 1992

Roonwalitermes 1997

Species

Angulitermes ramanii 1982 with Das

Eurytermes budha 1966 with Maiti

Glyptotermes taruni 1999

Microcerotermes championi 1964 with Roonwal

Microcerotermes danieli 1970 with Roonwal

Microcerotermes ganeshi 1984

Microcerotermes laxmi 1964 with Roonwal

Microcerotermes nicobarensis 1970 with Roonwal

Microcerotermes raja 1964 with Roonwal

Microcerotermes tenuignathus 1964 with Roonwal

Nasutitermes chhotani 1999

Nasutitermes krishna 1970 with Roonwal

Nasutitermes tandoni 1997

Nasutitermes triloki 1980

Nasutitermes vishnu 1984

Neotermes dhirendrai 1984

Neotermes eleonorae 1984

Neotermes krishnai 1984

Neotermes venkateshwara 1984

Odontotermes brunneus 1964 with Roonwal

Odontotermes ganpati 1997

Odontotermes guptai 1961 with Roonwal

Odontotermes kushwahai 1964 with Roonwal

Odontotermes prolatigula 1997

Odontotermes roonwali 1975

Odontotermes singsiti 1997

Odontotermes vaishno 1975

Parrhinotermes shamini 1997

Procryptotermes valeriae 1979

Pseudocapritermes karticki 1997

Reticulitermes ganga 1999

Roonwalitermes wadhwai 1997

Schedorhinotermes eleanorae 1964 with Roonwal

Speculitermes emersoni 1984

Trinervetermes sensarmai 1984