Description of a new species of Callocleonymus Masi (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) from India

Dudgeodes sartorii sp. nov. is described based on nymphs from the Megamalai hills of Western Ghats, Southern India. The nymph of Dudgeodes sartorii sp. nov. can be distinguished from other Indian species of Dudgeodes by i) prothorax with two rounded tubercles; (ii) outer margin of mesothorax with simple setae; (iii) distinct maculae in the distal region of femora; (iv) transverse row of setae on fore femora narrower with blunt apex and (v) dark brownish band on the 5th segment of cerci

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Contarinia manii sp. n. (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae): inducer of a remarkable gall on Acacia ferruginea in southern India

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2423.1.5 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2423 (1) ◽

pp. 63 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

KEITH M. HARRIS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Host Plant ◽

East Africa ◽

Monophyletic Group ◽

Southern India ◽

Indian Species ◽

Larval Morphology ◽

Acacia Senegal ◽

Cylinder Piston ◽

A New Species

Contarinia manii (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) is described as a new species, on the basis of adults reared from remarkable 'cylinder-piston' galls formed from contiguous leaflets of Acacia ferruginea D.C. in southern India. These galls have been known since 1952 but adults were not reared until 2007. The new species, and another Indian species, Contarinia ramachandrani (Mani), induce similar but distinct galls on the same host plant. A third species, Contarinia carolinae Gagné, induces leaf galls on Acacia senegal in Kenya. Comparison of adult, pupal and larval morphology indicate that these three species may represent a monophyletic group associated with complex leaf galls on Acacia, in East Africa and India.

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A new species of Aphelocheirus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aphelocheiridae) from southern India

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2916.1.2 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2916 (1) ◽

pp. 35 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ROBERT W. SITES ◽

M. ARUNACHALAM ◽

S. SUNDAR

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Southern India ◽

Indian Species ◽

Kerala State ◽

A New Species

A new species of Aphelocheirus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aphelocheiridae) inhabiting riffles of a stream in Kerala state in southern India is described. Aphelocheirus kaygieyess n. sp. is diagnosed by widely separated hemelytra and the pattern of dark maculation on the vertex. This species is compared to other Indian species of Aphelocheirus. Seven species of Aphelocheirus are known now from India.

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A new species of Sparsorythus Sroka & Soldán, 2008 (Ephemeroptera: Tricorythidae) from Tamil Nadu, India

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.5061.1.11 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5061 (1) ◽

pp. 185-191

Author(s):

PANDIARAJAN SRINIVASAN ◽

T. SIVARUBAN ◽

S. BARATHY ◽

RAJASEKARAN ISACK

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Posterior Margin ◽

Tamil Nadu ◽

Abdominal Segment ◽

Dorsal Surface ◽

Southern India ◽

Indian Species ◽

A New Species

Sparsorythus srokai sp. nov. is described from the Veerapandi River, Theni district, Tamil Nadu, India based on nymphs of both sexes. The nymphs of Sparsorythus srokai sp. nov. can be distinguished by the following combination of characters: i) presence of lateral setae in each segment of caudal filaments, ii) dorsal surface of labrum entirely covered with scattered ribbon-like bristles, iii) posterior margin of mesonotum reaching abdominal segment III in both sexes, and iv) left prostheca with several pointed teeth apically. The new species is compared with other Indian species: S. gracilis Sroka & Soldán, 2008, S. sivaramakrishnani Sivaruban, Srinivasan, Barathy, Rosi & Isack, 2021 and S. nanjangudensis Muthukatturaja & Balasubramanian, 2021. The distributional map and key to the genus Sparsorythus in Southern India are also given.

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A new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from coastal Kerala, southern India

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4374.4.5 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4374 (4) ◽

pp. 545 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

KALESH SADASIVAN ◽

M. B. RAMESH ◽

MUHAMED JAFER PALOT ◽

MAYURESH AMBEKAR ◽

ZEESHAN A. MIRZA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide ◽

Sequence Divergence ◽

Southern India ◽

Nicotinamide Adenine ◽

Pairwise Sequence Divergence ◽

Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Dehydrogenase ◽

A New Species

We here describe Sitana attenboroughii sp. nov., a new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from coastal Kerala in southern India. The new species morphologically is closer to Sitana visiri Deepak, 2016 (in Deepak et al. 2016a), however, differs in having higher numbers of ventral scales and a comparatively short but richly colored dewlap. Genetically the new species shows affinity to Sitana marudhamneydhal Deepak, Khandekar, Varma & Chaitanya, 2016 from which it differs in an uncorrected pairwise sequence divergence of 2.2% for a fragment of mitochondrial Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase (NADH) subunit 2 gene.

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A new species of the hermit crab genus Diogenes Dana, 1851 (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from southern India

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4504.2.5 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4504 (2) ◽

pp. 243

Author(s):

TOMOYUKI KOMAI ◽

RAVEENDHIRAN RAVINESH ◽

APPUKUTTANNAIR BIJU KUMAR

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Hermit Crab ◽

Southern India ◽

Distal Spine ◽

Callyspongia Diffusa ◽

Different Color ◽

A New Species

A new species of the hermit crab genus Diogenes Dana, 1851, D. spongicola, is described and illustrated on the basis of material collected from two locations off southern India. It appears close to D. takedai Rahayu, 2012 among about 70 congeners, but easily differentiated from the latter by the spinulose anterolateral margins of the shield, the article 2 of the antennal peduncle armed only with one distal spine, the longer, spinose antennal acicle, the absence of prominent spines on the ventrolateral margin of the cheliped meri, and the different color of the cheliped palm. Specimens of the new species were all collected from cavities of a callyspongiid sponge Callyspongia diffusa (Ridley, 1884), suggesting a possible association between the hermit crab and sponge.

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Taxonomic notes, a new species, and a key to Indian species of the click beetle genus Cryptalaus Ȏhira, 1967 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae)

Journal of Threatened Taxa ◽

10.11609/jott.6367.13.13.19985-19999 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (13) ◽

pp. 19985-19999

Author(s):

Harshad Parekar ◽

Amol Patwardhan

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Indian Species ◽

Male And Female ◽

Median Ridge ◽

Click Beetle ◽

A New Species

Cryptalaus alveolatus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from India. The species has unique morphological characters: conspicuous longitudinal median ridge on pronotum, elytral interstria II more depressed than interstriae I and III. The Indian fauna of the genus Cryptalaus Ȏhira, 1967 is updated and represented by seven species: C. alveolatus sp. nov., C. assamensis (Schwarz, 1902) comb. nov., C. eryx (Candèze, 1874), C. lynceus (Candèze, 1874), C. nodulosus (Waterhouse, 1877) comb. nov., C. sculptus (Westwood, 1848) and C. sordidus (Westwood, 1848). Genitalia and terminalia of male and female C. sordidus are also illustrated. A key to the Indian species of Cryptalaus is given.

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A new species of Acanthormius (Braconidae: Lysiterminae) reared as a gregarious parasitoid of psychid caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) from India

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4388.3.8 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4388 (3) ◽

pp. 425 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ANKITA GUPTA ◽

DONALD L. J. QUICKE

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Southern India ◽

Larval Parasitoid ◽

Gregarious Parasitoid ◽

Bagworm Moth ◽

A New Species ◽

Host Associations

Acanthormius indicus Gupta & Quicke sp. nov. is described and illustrated. It is a gregarious larval parasitoid of an unidentified bagworm moth caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) from southern India. The biology and host associations of members of subfamily Lysiterminae are also discussed.

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A new species of the hermit crab genus Diogenes (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from southern India

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.3613.4.5 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 3613 (4) ◽

pp. 380-390 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

TOMOYUKI KOMAI ◽

REMA RESHMI ◽

APPUKUTTANNAIR BIJU KUMAR

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Hermit Crab ◽

Species Group ◽

Southern India ◽

Kerala State ◽

A New Species

A new species of the hermit crab genus Diogenes Dana, 1851 (Diogenidae), D. canaliculatus, is described and illustrated on the basis of material from off the Kerala State, southern India. It is referred to the D. edwardsii (De Haan, 1849) species group, and compared with D. bicristimanus Alcock, 1905, D. fasciatus Rahayu & Forest, 1995, D. laevicarpus Rahayu, 1996 and D. moosai Rahayu & Forest, 1995. The characteristically sculptured left chela and the unarmed dorsal margins of the propodi of the second and third pereopods distinguish the new species from these congeners.

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A new species of Sparsorythus Sroka & Soldán, 2008 (Ephemeroptera: Tricorythidae) from Eastern Ghats of Southern India

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4915.2.3 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4915 (2) ◽

pp. 237-245

Author(s):

T SIVARUBAN ◽

PANDIARAJAN SRINIVASAN ◽

S BARATHY ◽

M BERNATH ROSI ◽

RAJASEKARAN ISACK

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Tamil Nadu ◽

Abdominal Segment ◽

Southern India ◽

Eastern Ghats ◽

Femur Length ◽

Male And Female ◽

Length Width ◽

A New Species

A new mayfly species, Sparsorythus sivaramakrishnani sp. nov. from the stream of Pullian cholai, Thuraiyur, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu, India is described based on male and female nymphs. Sparsorythus sivaramakrishnani sp. nov. differs from the closely related S. gracilis by the shape of the left prostheca, the number of bristle-like processes at base of left prostheca, the ratio and shape of right prostheca, the ratio of femur length: width, the size of the female nymph, the mesonotum overlapping in fifth abdominal segment of the female, and by the shape of hypopharyngeal lingua.

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