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Megymenum distanti Kocorek & Ghate, 2012, new species
No full textMegymenum distanti, new species (Figs. 1–9) Diagnosis. The new species is similar to M. affine BOISDUVAL and M. brevicorne (FABRICIUS) in its body outline and sculpture; nevertheless, it can easily be separated from both of these species by the characters given in the Table 1. Description. Body dark brown with metallic tinge and light brown membrane, elongate, abdomen slightly broader than pronotum (Fig. 1). Head punctured; paraclypei deeply concave and much longer than clypeus; preocular part swollen with small sharp process in female; eyes rounded, protruding and pedunculate, light-brown, ocelli of the same color, interocellar distance 1,8–2,1; antennae 4 -segmented, 1 st segment short, not reaching apex of head, 2 nd long and broad, 3 rd flattened and broadened, 4 th spindle-shaped; rostrum same color as rest of body, reaching mid-coxae, its 1 st segment extending beyond base of head, bucculae lobed, buccular surface convex and rugose, almost of the same color as head. Pronotum generally of same color as head, with numerous fine ridges, and punctures on anterior border which is drawn forwards to form a small collar-like structure behind base of head, bearing small but sharp spines in female; antero-lateral margins rounded without processes, antero-median tuberosity large and conspicuous; lateral pronotal margins irregularly rugged with a single pointed projection; posterior pronotal angles broadly rounded; posterior pronotal margin straight at base of scutellum. tanti new species. Meso- and metasternum with a deep median groove; scent gland spout large and conspicuous, evaporatoria wrinkled. Scutellum with punctures dispersed over its entire surface; prominent cavity-like depressions at basal angles. Corium shorter than scutellum, membrane shorter than abdomen, cream-colored, with brownish patches. Legs uniformly colored, under-surface of femora with ten small spines (more or less distinct) arranged in two rows with distal spines progressively robust or strong, hind tibia of female slightly dilated. Abdominal sterna of same color as remaining parts of body, sparsely punctured; lateral parts of sterna uncovered by hemelytra, well conspicuous; each sternum laterally with small posteriorly directed apical projection and very small median lobe. Male genital capsule with median swollen process on its ventral rim; paramere with small and triangular growth; anterior part of ejaculatory reservoir strongly coiled. Female 9 th paratergite similar to that of M. affine and M. brevicorne, 1 st valvifers with distinct median elevation. Spermathecal bulb small, pumping region well defined, distal and proximal flanges distinct, spermathecal duct membranous, forming folding sack-like structure with minute spines, ring sclerite present. Measurements (in mm). Male: total body length 13.0; abdominal width 7.1; head length 2.3; head width 2.5; interocelar distance 1.8; antennal segments: I 0.7, II 1.6, III 1.3, IV 1.1; pronotal length 3.8; pronotal width 6.4; scutellum length 3.6; width 3.5. Female: total body length 13.9; abdominal width 8.9; head length 2.4; head width 2.7; interocelar distance 2.1; antennal segments: I 0.8, II 1.7, III 1.4, IV 1.1; pronotal length 4.0; pronotal width 7.0; scutellum length 3.9; width 3.9. Type material. Holotype male: India, Pune, August 2010, coll. H.V. Ghate & Sanket Tembe, preserved in the collection of University of Opole at Department of Biosystematics; Paratype female: India, Pune, August 2010, coll. H.V. Ghate & Sanket Tembe, preserved in the collection of Modern College, Pune; an additional pair of male and female paratypes, coll H.V. Ghate (September 2010, same locality), also preserved in the collection of Modern College. Etymology. The species name is dedicated to W.L. Distant, the eminent British entomologist and the author of the Hemiptera volumes in the monumental Fauna of British India series, as well as for many other papers on Hemiptera. Notes on biology. The new species was collected from Pune in August-September 2010 as adults (Fig. 2) and as instars (Fig. 3) on the host plant Diplocyclos palmatus (Cucurbitaceae) (Fig. 4). This climber grows at several places along the roadside on the campus of the University of Pune. The adults as well as nymphs were found to feed exclusively on tender shoots. Mating pairs as well as all stages of nymphs also fed on the same plant, and not on other plants that grow profusely near the side of its host plant. Neither nymphs nor adults smell strongly or release copious secretions when handled.Published as part of Kocorek, Anna & Ghate, Hemant, 2012, Megymenum distanti, a new remarkable species of the Dinidoridae subfamily Megymeninae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Dinidoridae) from India, pp. 31-39 in Zootaxa 3218 on pages 31-35, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21083
Transitional Dynamics in a Growth Model with Distributive Politics
No full textThis paper constructs a heterogenous agent model of endogenous distribution and growth. When the labor leisure choice of agents is exogenous, the factor holding ratios of households converges to a mass point that is independent of the initial distribution of capital in the steady state. There is complete equality and every household's preferred tax rate equals the growth maximizing tax rate. There is no distributive con.ict in the long run. When the labor leisure choice of households is endogenous, there is also complete convergence in the factor holding ratios of agents in the steady state. However, the tax rate under majority voting is less than the growth maximizing tax rate which leads to distributive con.ict in the long run. These results extend the model of endogenous distribution and growth in Das and Ghate (2004) in two ways. First, we assess the impact of redistributive politics on growth by looking at the e.ect of income inequality on the tax rate and labor supply. Second, the model is solved using a more empirically plausible speci.cation of the government budget constraint in which households vote over the tax rate on capital income instead of a tax on wealth. The general insight gained from the analysis is that characterizing the transitional dynamics in a model of redistributive politics and growth is not an intractable proposition.Distributive conflict; Endogenous distribution; Median voter theorem; Endogenous growth
Transitional dynamics in a growth model with distributive politics
No full textThis paper constructs a heterogenous agent model of endogenous distribution and growth. When the labor leisure choice of agents is exogenous, the factor holding ratios of households converges to a mass point that is independent of the initial distribution of capital in the steady state. There is complete equality and every household's preferred tax rate equals the growth maximizing tax rate. There is no distributive con.ict in the long run. When the labor leisure choice of households is endogenous, there is also complete convergence in the factor holding ratios of agents in the steady state. This implies that there is unanimity over preferred tax rates as in the previous case, although the preferred tax rate of households is less than the growth maximizing tax rate. We identify the intuition behind this result. Our results also extend the model of endogenous distribution and growth in Das and Ghate (2004) in two ways. First, we assess the impact of redistributive politics on growth by looking at the e.ect of income inequality on the tax rate and labor supply. Second, the model is solved using a more empirically plausible speci.cation of the government budget constraint in which households vote over the tax rate on capital income instead of a tax on wealth. The general insight gained from the analysis is that characterizing the transitional dynamics in a model of redistributive politics and growth is not an intractable proposition.Distributive Conflict, Endogenous Distribution, Median Voter Theorem, Endogenous growth
Copelatus Sheth & Ghate & Hájek 2018
No full textKey to Copelatus species of Maharashtra 1. Body elongate oval; elytra with more than six dorsal striae..................................................... 2 - Body broadly oval; elytra with six dorsal striae.............................................................. 4 2. Elytra with 11–12 dorsal striae (C. nigrolineatus group)....................................................... 3 - Elytra with 9 dorsal striae (C. consors group). Base of pronotum distinctly wider than width of elytra; elytra completely striolate (Fig. 4)................................................................... Copelatus maushomi sp. nov. 3. Bigger species (TL: 5.3–6.9 mm), elytra ochre unicolorous; elytral striae well impressed complete (Figs 1–2). Median lobe in lateral aspect broad in basal three fourths, then narrowing to pointed apex; almost evenly curved except at base (Fig. 17)................................................................................ Copelatus deccanensis sp. nov. - Smaller species (TL: 4.0– 4.5 mm), elytra bicolorous with broad pale transverse basal band; elytral striae shallowly impressed, absent from apical fourth of elytral length (Fig. 3). Median lobe in lateral aspect broad from base to apex, broader in apical half, apex abruptly pointed; not evenly curved (Fig. 19)............................ C. schuhi Hendrich & Balke, 1998 4. Elytra with submarginal stria (C. irinus group).............................................................. 5 - Elytra without submarginal stria (C. duodecimstriatus group)................................................... 8 5. Median lobe in lateral view with two distinct 'teeth' on ventral side (Figs 23, 29).................................... 6 - Median lobe simply sickle-shaped, without any 'teeth' on ventral side (Figs 25, 27).................................. 7 6. Median lobe in apical third almost straight on dorsal side with distinctly dorsally bent apex (Fig. 23); parameres smooth on inner side (Fig. 24)............................................................... Copelatus bezdeki sp. nov. - Median lobe in apical third almost regularly sinuous with shallow emargination before apex on ventral side (Fig. 29); parameres with distinct serration on inner side (Fig. 30).................................. C. schereri Wewalka, 1981 7. Slender species with dorsal coloration uniformly dark except for lateral margin (Figs 7–8). Elytral stria 1 starts at base. Median lobe in apical third gradually narrowing to pointed apex (Fig. 25)............................... C. indicus Sharp, 1882 - Broader species with variable, but distinct yellow-black elytral coloration (Figs 9–11). Elytral stria 1 starts subbasally. Median lobe in apical third broad with dorsally bent obtusely pointed apex (Fig. 27).................. C. neelumae Vazirani, 1973 8. Smaller species (TL: 3.7–4.2 mm). Median lobe almost evenly curved throughout, except basal fourth; apex narrowly pointed (Fig. 31).................................................................. C. cryptarchoides Régimbart, 1899 - Bigger species (TL: 4.9–5.6 mm). Median lobe broad in basal two thirds, almost straight and narrowing to pointed apex in apical fourth (Fig. 33).............................................................. C. mysorensis Vazirani, 1970Published as part of Sheth, Sayali D., Ghate, Hemant V. & Hájek, Jiří, 2018, Copelatus Erichson, 1832 from Maharashtra, India, with description of three new species and notes on other taxa of the genus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae), pp. 235-260 in Zootaxa 4459 (2) on pages 251-252, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4459.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/145854
A new species of Leptestheria (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata) from Western Maharashtra, India
No full textPadhye, Sameer, Ghate, Hemant V. (2016): A new species of Leptestheria (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata) from Western Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 4127 (2): 345-354, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.2.
Leptestheria gurneyi Padhye & Ghate, 2016, sp. nov.
No full textLeptestheria gurneyi sp. nov. (Figs. 1–5) Etymology. The species is named after Robert Gurney who contributed significantly to the Branchiopoda taxonomy of India during early 1900 s. Type locality. A small and shallow rock pool (depth of about 30 cm) on Devi Hasol lateritic plateau (16.7393 N, 17.4324 E), observed during the monsoon season (June–September). The pool had a fine layer of mud but had no aquatic vegetation at the time of collection. No other large branchiopods were observed but few aquatic bugs and beetles were seen. Type material. Holotype. One male (in 4 % formalin + glycerin) deposited at the Western Regional station of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Pune (Registration number: ZSI, WRC-C. 1520). Other material. Two males, three females from the type locality in personal collection of SMP. Collector: Ms. Shruti Paripatyadar Diagnosis: Occipital condyle conical, shorter in male than female. Occipital notch at least twice as wide in female as compared to male. Telson with three distinct size and shape classes of spines with largest at least three times longer than the shortest, 2–6 small spines interspersed in between medium spines, cercopods straight in both sexes, about 0.8 times the dorsal margin of telson in length. Description. Male. Head. Occipital condyle length about 0.7 times basal breadth, blunt apex directed posteriorly, occipital notch shallow but wide ocular tubercle convex, compound eyes large, almost filling tubercle space, ocellus roughly cylindrical in shape and located at rostral base, rostrum broad, spatulate, fornix prominent, arising from rostrum dorsal angle, (Fig. 3 C; Fig. 5 A). Rostrum with single sharp spine, three times longer than basal width. First antenna. Long, more than twice length of second antenna peduncle, about 10–12 anterior lobes, each lobe margined with several sensillae (Fig. 3 F). Second antenna. Peduncle setose; exopod and endopod with 11 flagellomeres (Fig. 3 E); each flagellomere dorsally with 4–6 long distally directed spines and ventral surface with plumose setae (Fig. 5 C). Carapace. 6.92 ± 0.71 mm length and 3.94 ± 0.37 mm height. Oblong ovate in shape, broader anteriorly and tapering posteriorly, dorsal margin straight, ventral margin gently curved, umbone prominent; carapace with 10–15 distinct growth lines (Fig. 2 A & B); growth lines with sparse setae separated by nearly their length (Fig. 2 D); interval sculpturing of distinct longitudinal carinae perpendicular to the growth lines in the younger intervals and diminishing distally (Fig. 2 C); microsculpturing not observed under SEM (Fig. 4 E). Thoracopods. 22–24 pairs. Clasper movable finger (endopod) broad basally, tapering and hooked distally; apex with many small scales; large palp (endite V) arcuate, of two palpomeres, palpomere length subequal in both claspers; distal palpomere (endite V outgrowth) slightly elongated, apex with fine setae; small palp (endite IV outgrowth) cylindrical, nearly twice as long as broad, directed anteriorly or slightly posteriorly, with apex covered with fine setae; palm (endite IV) broadly rectangular, projecting slightly obtusely, gripping area covered with small roughly conical, blunt tipped spines, increasing in size posteriorly (Fig. 4 B); gripping area as long as broad in first clasper, slightly longer than broad in second clasper; clasper 1 endite III roughly triangular, length half the width at base, apex acute; clasper 2 endite III smaller, triangular with blunt apex (Fig. 4 A & C). Other thoracopods structure as per genus, decreasing in size posteriorly; last 5–8 very small, (Fig. 3 A & B). Abdomen. Segments 10–24 dorsal margin each bearing a transverse row of 5–8 aciculate, posteriorly directed setae (Fig. 4 G). Telson. Dorsal margin slightly arched, posteriolateral ridges with 25–30 spines in three size and shape classes: (type A), long triangular spines length two to three times longer than basal width, situated just proximal to posteriolateral spiniform projection; (type B), triangular spines length subequal to basal width, anterior most spines slightly recurved, situated along telson ridge, roughly half the size of type A spines; (type C), small triangular spines similar to type B spines in shape, roughly half the size or smaller of the type B spines, situated along the telson ridges; spiniform projection curved dorsally, 0.4 times length of cercopod (Figs. 4 D & F); caudal filaments originating between the 1 st and 2 nd spines of telson ridges. Cercopod. Long, straight, subequal in length to telson dorsal margin; apex bent dorsally, not reaching the posteriolateral projection of telson; dorsal margin medial 80 % with longitudinal row of small spinulae, ~ 30–45 in number (Fig. 4 D; Fig. 5 D). Female. Carapace 6.74 mm 0.54 mm length and 3.92 mm 0.31 mm breadth. Slightly smaller than male. Rostrum broadly triangular. Occipital condyle elongate conical. Occipital notch wider than in male (Fig. 3 D). Thoracopods 9 and 10 with long epipodites for carrying eggs (Fig. 3 B), 2–6 type C spines present between two type B spines (Fig. 3 G). Egg. As per the genus, smooth and spherical. Size: ~ 200 µm. Differential diagnosis. This species differs from all other described Indian Leptestheria (sensu Rogers & Padhye, 2015) by having three classes of spines by size and shape on the telson posteriolateral ridges. The other species (such as L. nobilis (Sars, 1900) and L. sarsi Daday, 1923) have spines of similar sizes or the spines are randomly placed and of unequal length. Leptestheria gurneyi sp. nov. most closely resembles the recently described L. kunmingensis Shu et al., 2015 from China, but differs in that L. kunmingensis has two size classes of spines instead of three. The cercopod of L. gurneyi sp. nov. is also straight in both sexes and has similar sized dentition on its dorsal margin, whereas in L. kunmingensis the spinulae bear smaller spinules; the male cercopod has a longitudinal sulcus, and the female cercopod is arcuate. Leptestheria gurneyi sp. nov. lacks the endopodal spine on clasper 1 that is present in L. kunmingensis. Distinct sexual dimorphism in the occipital condyle structure is also a unique character not observed and/or reported from other Indian species (Sars, 1900; Daday, 1923; Simhachalam & Timms, 2012; Padhye et al. 2015; Shu et al. 2015) (Table 1) Distribution. Currently known only from its type locality.Published as part of Padhye, Sameer & Ghate, Hemant V., 2016, A new species of Leptestheria (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata) from Western Maharashtra, India, pp. 345-354 in Zootaxa 4127 (2) on pages 346-351, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/25611
Transitional Dynamics in a Growth Model with Distributive Politics
No full textThis paper constructs a dynamic analysis of the growth and distribution models of Das and Ghate (2004) and Alesina and Rodrik (1994) when leisure is valued by agents. When leisure enters the utility function, we show that the tax rate on capital income chosen in a political equilibrium is lower than the growth maximizing tax rate. This slows growth down, but for a very different reason than in Alesina and Rodrik (1994). Here, unanimity holds, and slower growth comes together with valued leisure, while in AR, slower growth comes from conflicting choices over the tax rate, with a capital poor median voter prevailing. Our results generalize the work of Alesina and Rodrik (1994) and Das and Ghate (2004) in two ways. First, we assess the impact of redistributive politics on growth by looking at the effect of income inequality on the tax rate and labor supply. Second, using the set up of Das and Ghate (2004), we provide a dynamic analysis of Alesina and Rodrik (1994) where majority voting determines the extent of distribution, and thus, a relationship between inequality and growth. The general insight gained from the analysis is that characterizing the transitional dynamics in a model of redistributive politics and growth with endogenous leisure is not intractable.Distributive Conflict, Endogenous Distribution, Median Voter Theorem, Endogenous Growth, Positive Political Economy
First record of the genus Gomesius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from India, with description of a new species
No full textGhate, H.V., Mathew, Mirjoy (2018): First record of the genus Gomesius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from India, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4461 (3): 421-428, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.3.
Participatory forest management : collective action under three different institutional regimes
No full textThis policy brief is based on the SANDEE working paper no. 3-03,
"Ensuring 'collective action' in 'participatory' forest management"Rucha Ghate examines the initiation and implementation of forest
management in the villages of Duelgaon, Ranvahi and Markegaon in
Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra. The study is a qualitative analysis of the
factors that contribute to institutional sustainability
Pelossus indicus Majumder & Ghate & Chandra 2022, sp. nov
No full textPelossus indicus sp. nov (Figs. 1–2) Type material: HOLOTYPE: ♂, ‘ India: Chhattisgarh / Kabirdham / Bhoramdev Wildlife Sanctuary / Sakri River / 22 ° 05’40.9” N and 81 ° 09’52.1” E, Alt. 427m / 30. ix. 2013 / A. Raha & Party Coll. // HOLOTYPE / Pelossus indicus sp. nov. / des. Majumder, Ghate, Chandra 2021’ (red label) (ZSI). TWO PARATYPES (white locality label, pink label: “ PARATYPE / other data ditto as holotype) Description. Measurements (in mm): Holotype, ♂: body length 11 (from vertex to tip of elytra), width 3 (at the base of elytra); elytra length 7; pronotum length 3, width 2; antenna length 20. Small, elongate beetle; body colour dark brown to blackish brown at places (head, pronotum and femora) with fine golden or grey pubescence all over the body. Head: Sub vertical; frons small, sub squarish, depressed in middle, little raised at apex, warty, impressed with median, shining longitudinal sulcus covered with greyish golden pubescence; clypeus small, brownish, separated from the frons with a depressed triangular impression; mandibles moderately robust; vertex warty, covered with greyish golden pubescence (Fig. 1 D); antennal supports distinctly raised with their tips slightly angulated, with prominent median smooth sulcus in between; eyes very large, coarsely facetted, slightly emarginated, occupying major portion of head laterally (Fig. 1 J). Antennae long, almost twice the length of the body, brownish black throughout, with greyish pubescence; segment I (scape) strongly thickened, less pubescent and warty, warts sharp at apex, II gradually thickened in apical region, densely pubescent, nearly half of segment I, III segment almost double in length of I but little shorter than IV, remaining segments nearly equal in length, segments VII onwards thinner (Figs. 1 A - C). Thorax: Prothorax broader than head, slightly longer than broad, brownish black with golden pubescence, pubescence more on disc less on lateral margins; pronotal surface rough, granulated, disc depressed, lateral margin very finely curved with some indistinct, blunt tubercles. Width of prothorax distinctly less than width at humeral angles of elytra (Figs. 1 A, E). Elytra elongate, about two and half times the width at humerus, gradually narrowing towards apex; apex of each elytron individually rounded, densely pubescent; each elytron finely punctured, with very small punctures throughout and few large punctures in basal region, punctures sparse in apical region; overall punctures often obscured by pubescence; basal region of elytra around scutellum slightly elevated; scutellum small, transverse and V shaped, black; one moderately prominent longitudinal ridge or costa, on each side of suture, starting from just behind humerus but falling short of apex; humeral angles rounded (Fig. 1 F). Thorax ventrally dark brown to black, glossy due to sparse pubescence; procoxal cavities open, prosternal process very narrow, visible part small, triangular, with broad tip, depressed in middle; mesocoxal cavities open to epimera, mesosternal process triangular, its apical part with shallow channel in middle; metasternum broad, with median sulcus in posterior two third region (Fig. 1 G). Legs of moderate length, distinctly compressed, hind femora not extending to apex of abdomen. All femora strongly clavate, all tibia slender, subequal to femora in length, with usual apical spine; tarsus with first tarsal segment much longer, nearly double in length than that of remaining segments united; claws divaricate (Fig. 1 B). Male genitalia: Median lobe longer than tegmen; apical portion of median lobe much smaller than median struts; apex of median lobe very blunt, rounded. Ring portion of tegmen ‘V-shaped. Paramere lobes of medium length, with broad, rounded tip, very close to each other, almost overlapping, with sparse setae; endophallus long, with pair of laminar sclerites seen in the other species of this genus (Fig.2). Etymology: The species name indicus is derived from the country of occurrence: India. Distribution: India; so far known only from type locality: Chhattisgarh; female unknown Differential diagnosis and discussion: The genus Pelossus Thomson, 1864 was founded on Corethrogaster ruber Thomson, 1858. The original description of the genus is brief and is in French. The characters of our specimen matched with the original description of the genus as well with some recently described species under Pelossus, as discussed below. These males collected from Chhattisgarh are different from the other known Asian species of the genus in having darker and slender body and with the elytra narrowed towards apex. Therefore, these males are described as a new species under the genus Pelossus and are compared with the other similar species. Five species of Pelossus are known from Asia, as listed in introduction. The new species Pelossus indicus is significantly different from all these five species in possessing dark brown to blackish brown body colour, as the other species are of lighter colouration; besides colouration, P. indicus sp. nov. also differs from the other Asian species in the shape of prothorax, elytral characters and the structure of the male genitalia. P. unicolor (Gressitt, 1951) [type locality W. Lichuan Dist., Hupeh province, China], which is recorded from China and Vietnam, is a smaller species (female holotype, 8 mm length, 2 mm breadth), with body colour reddish brown [as per the original description by Gressitt 1951] and the elytra are without any carinae or costae, so in both these characters it differs from P. indicus sp. nov. Additionally, considering the structure of male genitalia of P. unicolor that was subsequently described and illustrated by Yokoi et al. (2016), based on a Vietnamese specimen, it appears that the lobes of parameres in P. unicolor are of uniform breadth from base to apex while those are club like in P. indicus sp. nov. The species P. kalimantanus Yokoi, Makihara & Noerdjito, 2016 (type locality East Kalimantan, Indonesia) is different in having ochraceous body colour and elytra with dark blackish apical region but these characters are absent in P. indicus sp. nov.; in addition the male genitalia in P. kalimantanus are also different, especially because the lobes of parameres are divergent in this species while those are very close to each other in P. indicus sp. nov.. The species P. wakabayashii Yokoi, Makihara & Noerdjito, 2016 (type locality Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia), differs from P. indicus sp. nov. in possessing testaceous body colour (as against blackish brown in P. indicus sp. nov.) and in having pronotum more rounded at sides; besides the male genitalia in P. wakabayashi are also very different with sinuate median struts and divergent lobes of parameres while the median struts in P. indicus sp. nov. are not sinuous and paramere lobes are very close, not divergent. The species P. maruyamai Niisato, 2017 (type locality Langkawi Is., West Malaysia) is similar in appearance but smaller (8.6 mm) and light brown than P. indicus sp. nov. (11 mm, blackish brown); further in P. maruyamai the elytral costae are indistinct while in P. indicus sp. nov. the costae are distinct; in addition, the median struts are also distinctly different in both the species. In the recently described species, Pelossus philippinensis Vives, 2018 (type locality N. Luzon, Abra Province, Philippines), the body colour is brown, prothorax is evenly rounded at sides, the elytra are parallel sided for most of their length and only narrowed in apical region, possess two costae per elytron, median struts are sinuate, the lobes of the parameres are gently rounded and possess sparse setae (Vives, 2018) whereas in P. indicus sp. nov. body colour is blackish brown, the prothorax is nearly parallel sided and not evenly rounded, the elytra are narrowed slightly beyond middle and there is a single costa per elytron, the median struts are not sinuate, shape of the tegmen is very different and the lobes of parameres are more broadly rounded. In addition, P. philippinensis appears robust and is a slightly longer species (length 12 mm) as opposed to slender and smaller P. indicus sp. nov. (length 11 mm). There are many species of Pelossus in the African Region but, as pointed out by Yokoi et al. (2016), the Asian species differ from all those in possessing mesocoxal cavities open, at least narrowly, to epimera. Hence it is not necessary to compare Pelossus indicus sp. nov. with the African species; however, it may be pointed out here that Pelossus costatus (Adlbauer 2012) [described as Lygrus costatus Adlbauer, 2012; length 8.5 to 11 mm, type locality Zambia] appears quite similar in colouration and general structure but here the antennal scape is smooth, as against very rough, and elytra are more parallel sided than those of P. indicus sp. nov. Similarly, P. becki Adlbauer, 2015 (type locality Aethiopia) is also a dark brown species but is also very large at 15 mm (length) while P. similis Adlbauer, 2015 (type locality Zambia) is a smaller (length 7–8 mm), yellow brown species and so both are significantly different from P. indicus sp. nov. (see Adlbauer 2015).Published as part of Majumder, Amitava, Ghate, Hemant V. & Chandra, Kailash, 2022, First report of the genus Pelossus Thomson, 1864 (Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae Pelossini) from India with description of a new species, pp. 593-599 in Zootaxa 5105 (4) on pages 594-598, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5105.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/633391
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