Misra (1976: 247) listed Laguvia as a valid genus with 3 species and noted a "poorly
developed adhesive apparatus composed of longitudinal plaits of skin" in its generic diagnosis
and in the three species descriptions, implying that such an apparatus is present in all
Laguvia species. Tilak and Hussain (1975) mention also an adhesive apparatus in L.
kapuri. Arunkumar (2000) recently described a fifth species in the genus, Laguvia
manipurensis, but did not mention the adhesive thoracic apparatus.