Vireshwar Nath Capoor, Indian helminthologist and entomologist (1930 – 2006) 

With S.K. Malhotra & R.S. Chauhan. Introduction of a new formula for the assessment of a new ecological parameter: “Gastroparasitic index”. 5^th Congr. Zool. Bhopal, p. 168, 1980

DESCRIBED HELMINTH TAXA

Genera

Barbusa 1975 with Srivastava

Bengalotrema 1989 with Malhotra, Nanda, Mukherjee, Ghosh & Sukul

Columbia 1966 with Srivastava  

Francolina 1987 with Sawada, Bhalya & Rastogi

Gopalaia 1980 with Dixit & Rengaragu

Humiditaenia 1986 with Bhalya

Hymenocoelia 1966 with Srivastava

Matiarensis 1986 with Dixit

Ophryocotylus 1977 with Srivastava

Sternolepis 1989 with Gautam, Rishi & Dixit

Tortocephalus 1980 with Malhotra & Pundir

Species

About 60 new species

HONORS

Capooria Malhotra 1985 (Cestoda)