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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.
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
First faunal inventory of large branchiopods (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) of Western Maharashtra, India with taxonomical and distributional comments
No full textPadhye, Sameer, Rabet, Nicolas, Ghate, Hemant (2015): First faunal inventory of large branchiopods (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) of Western Maharashtra, India with taxonomical and distributional comments. Zootaxa 3904 (2): 208-222, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3904.2.
Giant assassin in the cave: a new species of the genus Myiophanes from Sri Lanka (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae)
No full textGhate, Hemant V., Kulkarni, Siddharth, Benjamin, Suresh P. (2018): Giant assassin in the cave: a new species of the genus Myiophanes from Sri Lanka (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae). Zootaxa 4524 (2): 237-244, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4524.2.
Redescription of the thread-legged assassin bug Ploiaria anak (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from India, with notes on its biology
No full textPansare, Pratik P., Ghate, Hemant V., Webb, Mick (2018): Redescription of the thread-legged assassin bug Ploiaria anak (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from India, with notes on its biology. Zootaxa 4388 (4): 557-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4388.4.
Redescription of Ploiaria mellea (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) and its first report from India
No full textBoyane, Swapnil S., Ghate, Hemant V. (2020): Redescription of Ploiaria mellea (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) and its first report from India. Zootaxa 4729 (4): 595-600, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4729.4.1
First report of the genus Pelossus Thomson, 1864 (Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae Pelossini) from India with description of a new species
No full textMajumder, 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. Zootaxa 5105 (4): 593-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5105.4.
FIGURE 1 in A new species of Leptestheria (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata) from Western Maharashtra, India
No full textFIGURE 1. Map showing the locality of Leptestheria gurneyi sp. nov. from the Western Ghats of Maharashtra.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 page 347, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/25611
FIGURES 5–7 in A new cavernicolous assassin bug of the genus Bagauda Bergroth (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from the Western Ghats, India
No full textFIGURES 5–7. Bagauda ernstmayri sp. nov., fore leg. 5, Femur, tibia and tarsus showing color and relative proportions; 6, tarsus showing dark, longest basal segment; 7, tibia showing a ventral row of adpressed dark spines.Published as part of Kulkarni, Siddharth & Ghate, Hemant V., 2016, A new cavernicolous assassin bug of the genus Bagauda Bergroth (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from the Western Ghats, India, pp. 365-375 in Zootaxa 4127 (2) on page 369, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4127.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/26680
Large branchiopod (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) egg morphology of Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India
No full textPadhye, Sameer, Timms, Brian, Ghate, Hemant V. (2016): Large branchiopod (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) egg morphology of Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India. Zootaxa 4079 (2): 246-254, DOI: http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4079.2.
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