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”. 5th 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)