Dario urops, a new species of badid fish from the Western Ghats, southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3348 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
RALF BRITZ ◽  
ANVAR ALI ◽  
SIBY PHILIP
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Small Stream ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Anterior Dorsal ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Fin Spines

Dario urops, new species, is described from a small stream of the Barapole tributary of Valapattanam River in southern Karna-taka and from Wayanad District, Kerala. It can be distinguished from its congeners by the presence of a conspicuous blackblotch on the caudal peduncle and a horizontal suborbital stripe, by the anterior dorsal fin lappets in males not being produced beyond fin spines, and by its vertebral count.

A new species of rock-dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tamil Nadu, southern India

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4571 (3) ◽  
pp. 383
Author(s):  
AKSHAY KHANDEKAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Peninsular India ◽  
Tamil Nadu State ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the gekkonid genus Cnemaspis is described based on a series of nine specimens from near Sankari in Salem district, Tamil Nadu state, southern India. The new species is diagnosable by the following suite of characters: a small-sized Cnemaspis (adult snout to vent length less than 33 mm); heterogeneous dorsal pholidosis consisting of weakly keeled granular scales intermixed with large strongly keeled, conical tubercles, 9–11 rows of dorsal tubercles, 12–17 tubercles in paravertebral rows; spine-like scales absent on flank, 17–20 lamellae under digit IV of pes. Males with 4–6 femoral pores on each thigh, separated on either side by eight poreless scales from four precloacal pores; precloacal pores separated medially by a single poreless scale; two single dorsal ocelli on occiput and between forelimb insertions, two pairs of ocelli on either side just anterior and posterior to forelimb insertions. Cnemaspis agarwali sp. nov. is the fifth endemic species of Cnemaspis from peninsular India outside the Western Ghats and highlights the rich and unique diversity of this understudied region. 

Epeorus petersi, a new species of Heptageniidae (Ephemeroptera) from the Western Ghats of southern India

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3731 (3) ◽  
pp. 391
Author(s):  
T. SIVARUBAN ◽  
S. BARATHY ◽  
M. ARUNACHALAM ◽  
K. VENKATARAMAN ◽  
K. G. SIVARAMAKRISHNAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Southern India ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Species of Wadicosa (Araneae, Lycosidae): a new species close to W. quadrifera (Gravely) from the Western Ghats, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4300 (2) ◽  
pp. 295
Author(s):  
TORBJÖRN KRONESTEDT
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Wolf Spider ◽  
Species Specificity ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Widespread Species ◽  
Spider Species ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

The wolf spider species Wadicosa ghatica sp. nov. is described on material of both sexes from the states of Karnataka and Kerala in India. The species is morphologically close to W. quadrifera (Gravely, 1924), a widespread species from Sri Lanka and southern India. For comparison, the copulatory organs of both species are illustrated in detail. The males of both species are characterized by a corkscrew-like embolus which exhibits species-specificity in details of configuration. The embolus shape is unique to these two species. 

scholarly journals A new species of Pomponia Stål, 1866 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from the Western Ghats, with notes on the status of P. linearis (Walker, 1850) from southern India

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5040 (3) ◽  
pp. 388-403
Author(s):  
KALESH SADASIVAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Southern India ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Widespread Species ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Pomponia Stål, 1866 (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) from the P. linearis group is described from the Western Ghats of southern India. The hitherto unknown species, P. pseudolinearis sp. nov., is easily diagnosed from the other Pomponia species of the Western Ghats based on the unique structure of its male genitalia, low to mid-altitudinal distribution, and the characteristic male song. The new taxon is a member of the P. linearis species group according to its morphology and the distinctly protruding paramedian basal pygofer lobe suggests its affiliation to the linearis species complex inside the P. linearis species group. The divergent basal lobes of pygofer of males of this species are the critical characteristic feature that can be used to distinguish it from all the other members of the P. linearis species complex. It appears that this cryptic, common, and widespread species of the southern Western Ghats region was confused with P. linearis in the past. Pomponia linearis may not occur in the Western Ghats and its records are possibly a result of erroneous identification due to species lumping with similar taxa of linearis species complex distributed from Northeast India to Vietnam. In addition, some new morphometric indices are introduced. Notes on other known Pomponia species of the Western Ghats, namely P. cyanea Fraser, 1948 and P. zebra Bliven, 1964 are also provided with P. folei Fraser, 1948 treated as a nomen nudum.  

A NEW SPECIES OF HEDYOTIS (RUBIACEAE) FROM INDIA

2014 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Karuppusamy ◽  
V. Ravichandran
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Southern India ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Hedyotis rajasekaranii Karupp. & Ravichandran (Rubiaceae), is described from the Megamalai Hills of the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu, southern India.

A new species of Trichonotus (Perciformes: Trichonotidae) from Somalia and redescription of Trichonotus cyclograptus (Alcock, 1890) with designation of a lectotype

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3565 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
ERI KATAYAMA ◽  
HIROYUKI MOTOMURA ◽  
HIROMITSU ENDO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Lateral Line ◽  
Body Surface ◽  
Gill Rakers ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Anterior Dorsal ◽  
Lateral Body ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Fin Spines

A new sand diver Trichonotus somaliensis n. sp. (Trichonotidae) is described on the basis of 13 specimens collected offthe coast of Somalia at a depth of 38−78m. The new species is most similar to T. arabicus and T. cyclograptus in lackingelongated anterior dorsal-fin spines and having dark markings on the lateral body surface in males. However, the new spe-cies differs from the others in having the following characters: lateral-line scales 54−57; gill rakers on first arch5−6+18−24; 12–14 blotches on upper half of body in both sexes; first dorsal-fin soft ray length in males 19–28% of stan-dard length; and no free dorsal pterygiophores. Trichonotus cyclograptus, a poorly known species, is redescribed on the basis of the newly-designated lectotype and paralectotypes.

Description of a new species of the fish genus Acanthoplesiops Regan (Teleostei: Plesiopidae: Acanthoclininae) from Tonga

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 432 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
RANDALL D. MOOI ◽  
ANTHONY C. GILL
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Dorsal Spine ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Caudal Fin ◽  
Lower Lip ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Anterior Dorsal ◽  
Fin Rays ◽  
Pale Spot ◽  
A New Species

Acanthoplesiops naka sp. n. is described from the 9.9 mm SL holotype collected at Ofolanga Island of the Ha apai Group of Tonga. Its dorsal-fin spine count of XVIII is unique in the genus. The following combination of characters also distinguishes it from congeners: first two dorsal-fin pterygiophores in the 3 rd interneural space (anterior dorsal-fin formula ?/?/I+I/I/I/I/I//I/I/I); 3 dentary pores; 2 intertemporal pores; head and body generally brownish with darker pigment spots (from shrunken melanophores), excepting a paler stripe from the anterior half of the symphyseal flap on the lower lip to the origin of the dorsal fin (continuing on to the first dorsal spine), a pale spot on the pectoralfin base, and a pale caudal peduncle continuous with pale bases of last 3 segmented dorsaland anal-fin rays; regular ctenoid scales; no membranous attachment of last dorsalor anal-fin rays to caudal fin. The new species might be the sister taxon to A. psilogaster as they share the putative derived character of two dorsal-fin pterygiophores in the 3 rd interneural space.

Channa rara, a new species of snakehead fish from the Western Ghats region of Maharashtra, India (Teleostei: Labyrinthici: Channidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4683 (4) ◽  
pp. 589-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
RALF BRITZ ◽  
NEELESH DAHANUKAR ◽  
V.K. ANOOP ◽  
ANVAR ALI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Posterior Part ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Pectoral Fins ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Channa rara, new species, is described from the Jagbudi River in Maharashtra, India. It belongs to the Gachua group and differs from all its members by the possession of one or more ocelli in the posterior part of the dorsal fin in adults (vs. ocelli absent or 1, rarely 2–3 ocelli in juveniles only). It is further distinguished from most species of the C. gachua group by having 6–7 dark concentric bands on the pectoral fins. We review recent descriptions of species of the genus Channa and conclude that C. royi is a synonym of Channa harcourtbutleri, that the diagnosis of C. shingon from C. harcourtbutleri is seriously flawed and that C. torsaensis is not sufficiently diagnosed from C. quinquefasciata. The recently described C. amari is a junior synonym of C. brunnea. 

A new species of the previously monotypic genus Iningainema (Cyanobacteria, Scytonemataceae) from the Western Ghats, India

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Yevhen Maltsev ◽  
Elena Kezlya ◽  
Svetlana Maltseva ◽  
Balasubramanian Karthick ◽  
Petr Dvořák ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Monotypic Genus ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species
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