Wide-nosed pygmy grasshoppers (Cladonotinae: Cladonotini, Xerophyllini) of India and Sri Lanka: catalogue with an identification key and description of a new species of the genus Tettilobus

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4894 (3) ◽  
pp. 474-500
Author(s):  
DHANEESH BHASKAR ◽  
SARA STERMŠEK ◽  
P.S. EASA ◽  
DAMJAN FRANJEVIĆ ◽  
JOSIP SKEJO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
Nomen Nudum ◽  
New Synonyms ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Wide nosed pygmy grasshoppers (Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae) are grasshoppers in which the frontal costa bifurcates into strongly divergent facial carinae, between which there is wide scutellum. Altogether seven genera and thirteen species inhabit India and Sri Lanka. Tribe Cladonotini is represented in this region by five genera and nine species (Cladonotus—4 spp., Deltonotus—2 spp., Gignotettix—1 sp., Hancockella—1 sp., and Yunnantettix—1 sp.), while the tribe Xerophyllini by two genera, Tettilobus (3 sp.) and Potua (1 sp.). For this Potua species it is not clear if it belongs to this genus. A simple identification key to Cladonotinae of India and Sri Lanka is provided. New synonyms are: Deltonotus humilis syn. nov., Epitettix tamilus syn. nov. and Potua aptera syn. nov., synonymous with Deltonotus gibbiceps. Deltonotus cristatus should be regarded nomen nudum. A new species, assigned to the genus Tettilobus is described from the Western Ghats of Kerala, Tettilobus trishula Skejo, Bhaskar et Stermšek sp. n. Furthermore, we present the first records of D. subcucullatus from India (Kerala). 

Discovery of the genus Strangulotilla Nonveiller, 1979 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) in India and description of a new species from the Western Ghats

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5057 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-136
Author(s):  
JOSHUA B. TERINE ◽  
ARKADY S. LELEJ ◽  
GIRISH P. KUMAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

The Afrotropical genus Strangulotilla Nonveiller, 1979, which was recorded only from Sri Lanka in the Oriental Region, is newly reported from India with the description of a new species Strangulotilla sureshani sp. nov. from the Western Ghats of Karnataka. Differences between the new species and the closely related S. krombeini Lelej, 2005 as well as a key to the Oriental species of Strangulotilla are given.  

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. 

A new species of Gomphidia Selys, 1854 (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Gomphidae) from the Western Ghats of India

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4652 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. BABU ◽  
K.A. SUBRAMANIAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
Male Specimen ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
Southern Western Ghats ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Gomphidia Selys, 1854 is described from southern Western Ghats, India based on a male specimen. The new species is very distinct from all the known species of Gomphidia from Indian subcontinent. Revised keys to the males and known females of Gomphidia of India and Sri Lanka are provided.  

A new species of Memecylon (Melastomataceae) from the Western Ghats, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 162 (1) ◽  
pp. 44
Author(s):  
AMBIKABAI RAGHAVANPILLAI SIVU ◽  
MATALAI KOKKARAMATH RATHEESH NARAYANAN ◽  
NEDIYAPARAMBU SUKUMARAN PRADEEP ◽  
ETTICKAL SUKUMARAN SANTHOSH KUMAR ◽  
ALAGRAMAM GOVINDASAMY PANDURANGAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
South India ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Memecylon ponmudianum, a new species of Melastomataceae from Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India, is described and illustrated. The new species resembles M. terminale and M. subramanii but differs from the former by its larger and sessile leaves with cordate and amplexicaul leaf bases, robust and shortly peduncled inflorescences, pedicels distinctly shorter than the campanulate calyx, and from the latter by the terete stem and branchlets, smaller subsessile and amplexicaul leaves, terminal short peduncled umbellate cymes with terete peduncle and the pedicels distinctly shorter than calyx. A key to the Memecylon species with cordate leaf bases occurring in south India and Sri Lanka is also presented.

scholarly journals A new species of Indoganodes Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan & Jacobus, 2014 (Ephemeroptera, Teloganodidae) from Sri Lanka

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 969 ◽  
pp. 123-135
Author(s):  
Alexander V. Martynov ◽  
Dmitry M. Palatov
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Probable Origin ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species, Indoganodes tschertoprudisp. nov. is described from Sri Lanka. The genus Indoganodes Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan & Jacobus, 2014 was previously known only by one species from the Western Ghats (India). The new species differs from Indoganodes jobini Selvakumar, Sivaramakrishnan & Jacobus, 2014 by the number of denticles on the claws, shape of the femora, shape of the chalazae on the femora, absence of any median tubercles on the terga, and presence of posterolateral processes only on segments VI–IX. The diagnosis of Indoganodes is also emended. Morphological larval affinities of Indoganodes and Ephemerellina Lestage, 1924 and the probable origin and diversification of I. tschertoprudisp. nov. are discussed.

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

Exacum keralense (Gentianaceae), a new species from the Western Ghats, India

2016 ◽  
Vol 163 (4) ◽  
pp. 429-433
Author(s):  
M. P. Geethakumary ◽  
K. M. Prabhukumar ◽  
A. G. Pandurangan ◽  
S. Deepu
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Impatiens megamalayana, a new species of Impatiens from the Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 302 (2) ◽  
pp. 193 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. RAMASUBBU ◽  
C. DIVYA ◽  
N. SASI KALA ◽  
ANJANA SURENDRAN ◽  
A.K. SREEKALA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Pollen Grains ◽  
Critically Endangered ◽  
Floral Structure ◽  
Effective Strategies ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Impatiens megamalayana, a new species from Tamil Nadu, India is described and illustrated. This species is characterized by a ridged stem, ensiform and villous leaves, a wrinkled boat-shaped lower sepal with outwardly curved tip, ornamented seeds and strictly ovate pollen grains. This combination of characters makes determining the relationships of I. megamalayana difficult. The floral structure of I. megamalayana is closely allied to I. herbicola Hook.f. and I. inconspicua Benth. in Wall., the latter with three varieties, but it differs by several unique vegetative and floral features. Impatiens megamalayana is assessed as Critically Endangered in accordance with the IUCN guidelines. The habitat of the species is severely affected by landslides. As a result, effective strategies should be developed to protect I. megamalayana from exinction.

First record of the myrmicine ant genus Syllophopsis Santschi, 1915 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from India with description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4985 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
SHAHID ALI AKBAR ◽  
HIMENDER BHARTI ◽  
MARIUSZ KANTURSKI ◽  
AIJAZ AHMAD WACHKOO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
National Park ◽  
Indian Subcontinent ◽  
First Record ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

Here we describe and illustrate Syllophopsis peetersi sp. nov. from Silent Valley National Park, a biodiversity hotspot region of the Western Ghats of India. The discovery also marks a first native report of the genus from the Indian subcontinent. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) analysis was carried out to elucidate the general morphology and sensilla of the new species. The new species is similar to congeners from Madagascar, but with larger differences from species that occur elsewhere.

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