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Cyphococcus williamsi Joshi & Gupta & Rajgopal & Venkatesan 2022, sp. n.
No full text<i>Cyphococcus williamsi</i> Joshi & Rajgopal sp. n. <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: E0861859-4673-4BCE-8D23-1DCFA60A4F2C</p> <p> <b>Type material</b>. <b>Holotype:</b> adult ♀ mounted singly, INDIA, Gangenahalli / Bengaluru, <i>Annona reticulata</i> L. / 09. VI.2020 / Sunil Joshi leg. / [ICAR / NBAIR / COCCI / Cyphococcus /090620–01].</p> <p> <b>Paratypes:</b> 6 adult ♀♀ mounted singly, INDIA, Gangenahalli / Bengaluru, <i>Pongamia pinnata</i> (L.) Pierre / 10.IX.2010 / Sunil Joshi leg. / [ICAR / NBAIR / COCCI / Cyphococcus /100910-02 to 07]; 4 adult ♀♀ mounted singly, INDIA, Vasanth Nagar / Bengaluru, <i>Annona reticulata</i> L. / 05.I.2019 / N.N. Rajgopal leg. / [ICAR / NBAIR / COCCI / Cyphococcus /050119-08 to 11]; 8 first-instar nymphs on 3 slides, INDIA, Gangenahalli / Bengaluru, <i>Annona reticulata</i> L. / 09. VI.2020 / Sunil Joshi leg. / [ICAR / NBAIR / COCCI / Cyphococcus /090620–12 to 14]; 10 male pupae on 3 slides, INDIA, Vasanth Nagar / Bengaluru, <i>Annona reticulata</i> L. / 05.I.2019 /Sunil Joshi leg. / [ICAR / NBAIR / COCCI / Cyphococcus /050119-15 to 17]; 16 adult males mounted singly, INDIA, Vasanth Nagar / Bengaluru, <i>Annona reticulata</i> L. / 05.I.2019 / K. Harish leg. / [ICAR / NBAIR / COCCI / Cyphococcus /050119-18 to 33]. Altogether there are 33 type slides.</p>Published as part of <i>Joshi, Sunil, Gupta, Ankita, Rajgopal, N. N. & Venkatesan, T., 2022, Taxonomic notes on the genus Cyphococcus Laing (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha Coccidae), with description of a new species from India, pp. 531-544 in Zootaxa 5104 (4)</i> on page 533, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.4.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/6332166">http://zenodo.org/record/6332166</a>
Capissa alba Kirti, N. Singh & Joshi 2014
No full text<p> 265. <i>Capissa alba</i> Kirti, N. Singh & Joshi, 2014: 46</p> <p>Type locality: Patnitop, Jammu & Kashmir</p> <p> Distribution: Jammu & Kashmir (Patnitop) (Kirti <i>et al</i>. 2014c).</p>Published as part of <i>Singh, Navneet, Joshi, Rahul, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Bisht, Santosh Singh & Param, Harsimranjeet Singh, 2021, A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera), pp. 1-118 in Zootaxa 5058 (1)</i> on page 48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5058.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5602576">http://zenodo.org/record/5602576</a>
Dolgoma rectoides subsp. arunachala N. Singh & Joshi 2019
No full text<p> 344. <i>Dolgoma rectoides arunachala</i> N. Singh & Joshi, 2019: 40</p> <p>Type locality: India, Arunachal Pradesh, Ziro</p> <p> Distribution: North East India, Arunachal Pradesh (Singh <i>et al.</i> 2019c).</p> <p> Remark: <i>Dolgoma rectoides rectoides</i> Dubatolov, 2012 is reported from Vietnam only</p>Published as part of <i>Singh, Navneet, Joshi, Rahul, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Bisht, Santosh Singh & Param, Harsimranjeet Singh, 2021, A catalogue of Indian Arctiinae (Erebidae, Lepidoptera), pp. 1-118 in Zootaxa 5058 (1)</i> on page 58, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5058.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5602576">http://zenodo.org/record/5602576</a>
Planaeschna poumai Joshi & Kunte 2017, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Planaeschna poumai</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 3–4)</p> <p> <b>Holotype.</b> ♂ (NCBS-AV 557), collected on the Senapati-Purul road near TNK village, Senapati District, Manipur, India (25.3756N, 94.2318E), 11.X.2016, Shantanu Joshi leg.</p> <p> <b>Paratype.</b> ♂ (NCBS-AV 585) and <b>allotype</b> ♀ (NCBS-AV 568): upstream from Mayangkhang village, Senapati District, Manipur, India (25.2304N, 94.0066E), 14.X.2016, Shantanu Joshi leg.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> This species is named after the Poumai tribe, one of the larger extant Naga tribes in NE India, which predominantly inhabits the Senapati District of Manipur where the specimens were collected. There are no protected areas in this whole district, which makes community forests critical for biodiversity conservation.</p> <p> <b>Description of the holotype</b>. <i>Head</i> (Fig. 3 e). Labrum, labium, anteclypeus, postclypeus and frons yellow; mandibles brown; postclypeus with two faint brown markings; the crest of the frons and vertex black. Eyes dark green, in live specimens with blue in the center; postgenae marked yellow.</p> <p> <i>Thorax</i> (Fig. 3 d,f). Prothorax black, anterior edge of the mesostigmal plate yellow; propimeron greenish yellow. Synthorax with mesokatepisternum and metakatepisternum marked with yellow; dorsal stripes on mesepisternum green, pointing outwards, faintly yellow at the antealar ridge; mesepimeron marked with a greenish yellow stripe, thinner towards the subalar ridge; a triangular spot below subalar ridge on the mesepimeron and a small spot above the subalar ridge; metepimeron almost entirely yellow; both the mesepimeronic and metepimeronic stripes appear darker green towards the dorsal 1/3rd of its length in live specimens. Legs black; coxae and base of the femur marked with reddish brown; femur of the forelegs marked with yellow on the inside about half its length.</p> <p> <i>Wings.</i> Hyaline; triangle 3-celled (2 in left hw); anal loop 6/7-celled; anal triangle 3-celled; antenodals: 19/ 20 in the fw (a short incomplete nervure present on the left fw between the 2nd and 3rd nervures), 14 in the hw; venation denser towards the apices.</p> <p> <i>Abdomen</i> (Fig. 3 a,d,f). Marked with citron-yellow and green; S1 laterally marked with triangular spot pointing anteriorly, dorsal carina with a yellow stripe; S2 dorsally with a yellow stripe disconnected at the transverse carina; PD edge with a horizontal yellow stripe, laterally with bright yellow AL and PL markings separated by the auricle, the AL marking continuing on the lateral side of the auricle; the auricle posteriorly dark brown; S3–S7 with paired MD spots situated anteriorly about 2/3rd the length of each segment; S3–S7 also with AD and PD yellow stripes on the dorsal carina, reaching the MD spots on S3 and S4; the AD marking reduced on S5–S7, more pronounced and broader on S3; S3–S8 with paired anterio-ventral round yellow spots, these spots continuing dorsally connect to the small ML spots on S3–S7 and the base of the supplementary transverse carina; the ventral spots perfectly rounded on S8; S8 and S10 with paired round black ‘depressions’ dorsally, S9 and S10 black.</p> <p> <i>Anal appendages</i> (Fig. 4 a,b,d). Cerci black; paraprocts black, the central groove and ventral area dark yellow. Cerci twice the length of S10, paraprocts about half the length of cerci. Laterally both cerci and the paraprocts are curved upwards, the cerci are broader and curved slightly more upwards caudal 3/5th of its length, pointed at the apex. The apical 2/5th is spatulate divided in the middle by a lateral ridge. <i>Laterally</i>, the base is thinner and the dorsal half is concave. Paraprocts gently curved upwards, the tip conical, pointing upwards. <i>Dorsally</i>, the anterior cerci are thinner, the outer margin is straight for 1/10th the length of cerci, curved inwards thereafter; the apical spine of the cerci is pointed outwards, sharply pointed. Paraprocts triangular, blunt at the apex.</p> <p> <b>Measurements (mm):</b> abdomen (including anal appendages)=38.6, fw=33.9, hw=34.8.</p> <p> <b>Variation in the paratype (Anal appendages: Fig. 4 d).</b> Paratype male is very similar to the holotype. The PD markings on S2 edge without a thin yellow stripe like on the holotype. Triangle 3 or 4 (right hw) celled, anal triangle 3-celled, anal loop 5-celled. Antenodals: 16/ 17 in the fw, 14/ 16 in the hw.</p> <p> <b>Measurements (mm):</b> abdomen (including anal appendages)=38.5, fw=33.2, hw=33.7.</p> <p> <b>Description of the allotype</b> (Fig. 3 b–c, 4c). The specimen was accidentally decapitated while netting, and the head was lost in the stream beneath, hence the head is not described.</p> <p> <i>Thorax</i> (Fig. 3 c). Prothorax dark brown; the apex of the posterior lobe and the middle lobe black. Synthoracic markings very similar to the male; vibrant yellow-green. The propimeron, mesokatepisternum and metakatepisternum bright yellow; the paired dorsal stripes on the mesepisternum curving slightly outwards at the anterior end; antealar edge marked with faint yellow spots; the mesepimeronic stripe broad and slightly angulated, thinner at the dorsal end with a triangular spot right next to it near the subalar edge; another spot directly above the triangular spot above the subalar ridge; metepimeron marked almost entirely with bright yellowish green, ventral margin thinly brown; the mesepimeronic and metepimeronic markings appear more bright yellow towards the ventral half similar to the male. Legs black; coxae marked yellow posteriorly; basal half of the femur marked yellow posteriorly on the forelegs.</p> <p> <i>Wings.</i> Antenodals: 13–14 in the hw, 19 in the fw. Base of the wings tinted yellow and the area near the node faintly yellow. Median space not traversed by any cross-veins. The triangle is made up of four cells in the hw and three cells in the fw. Pterostigma dark brown, spanning a little more than 2 cells.</p> <p> <i>Abdomen</i> (Fig. 3 b,c). S1 laterally marked with a broad yellow stripe, broader posteriorly; dorsally marked with a thin yellow line; S2 yellow laterally, small, brown, rounded marking on both sides resembling the markings in the area posterior to the auricle of males; a dorsal yellow stripe on S2, S3–S7 with yellow ventro-lateral anterior spots, PL longitudinal spots on S3–S5; S3–S7 with thin yellow AD and PD stripes on the carina disconnected at the center where paired triangular MD spots are present, smaller than the male; S8 marked yellow at the posteriordorsal edge; S8, S9 and S10 black, lower half is dark yellow continuing on to the vulvar scale.</p> <p> <i>Ovipositor</i> (Fig. 4 c). Covered with dry mud suggesting that the female had oviposited or attempted to so in muddy waters. The sternite and ovipositor dark-brown; ovipositor and style extend posteriorly till the base of cerci; cerci about the length of S10, pointed at the apex.</p> <p> <b>Measurements (mm):</b> abdomen (including anal appendages)=47, fw=40, hw=42.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> The shape of male anal appendages and the abdominal pattern is similar to <i>P. intersedens</i> (Martin, 1909), the only Indian species of this genus. <i>P. poumai</i> differs with respect to the following diagnostic characters: (a) in both sexes the abdominal pattern differs from <i>P. intersedens</i> in that the paired MD spots on S2 are not present, S9 and S10 unmarked with yellow dorsally, and the PD abdominal spots absent or reduced on S3– S10; (b) the lateral ridge divides the apex of cerci in equal proportions, whereas in <i>P. intersedens</i> the portion below the ridge is more expanded; (c) the posterior half of cerci is not as widely expanded as that in <i>P. intersedens</i>; (d) the apical expansion of cerci laterally angled straight, not curved upwards like <i>P. intersedens</i>; and (e) in both sexes of <i>P. intersedens</i> S2 is laterally yellow; but in <i>P. poumai</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> the lateral yellow markings on S2 of both males is broken posterior to the auricle; this lateral yellow stripe in the female is marked with a round brown spot. The reduced abdominal markings distinguish this species from all other <i>Planaeschna</i> species.</p>Published as part of <i>Joshi, Shantanu & Kunte, Krushnamegh, 2017, Two new dragonfly species (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) from north-eastern India, pp. 259-268 in Zootaxa 4300 (2)</i> on pages 263-266, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.2.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/838265">http://zenodo.org/record/838265</a>
Aceria amrini Joshi 2013
No full text<i>Aceria amrini</i> Joshi, 2013 <p>(Figures 4–5)</p>Published as part of <i>SitunguK, Sivu, ElhalawanyK, Ashraf Said, Ngubane-NdhlovuK, Nompumelelo P. & ChetverikovK, Philipp E., 2023, New species and records of gall mites of the genus Aceria (Eriophyoidea, Eriophyidae) associated withTamarix in Egypt and South Africa, pp. 1271-1303 in Acarologia 63 (4)</i> on page 1279, DOI: 10.24349/n4ay-b8yb, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10786774">http://zenodo.org/record/10786774</a>
Acalitus delhiensis Menon & Joshi, 2009, n. sp.
No full text<i>Acalitus delhiensis</i> n. sp. <p>(Fig. 2 A–H)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. This species is distinguished by the following combination of characters: 7 rayed feather claw; presence of coarse granules on female genital cover flap, coxae I and II not granulated; coxisternal area clear. Female genital cover flap not deeply ribbed, however the flap is granulated. Seta <i>c</i> 2 almost reaching the base of seta <i>d</i>, which is slightly longer than seta <i>e,</i> seta <i>e</i> more than half the length of seta <i>f</i> which is shortest, setae <i>h</i> 1 absent and caudal setae very long, nearly thrice seta <i>e</i>. Dorsal shield with median line present in rear half, fading anteriorly. Admedian lines complete, bifurcating at anterior end to half of the shield. First submedian lines bifurcating or in some case trifurcating at anterior end of the shield. Second submedian lines small. Median, admedian and submedian lines joined by an invariable transverse line posteriorly. All branches of admedian and submedian lines terminate anteriorly on a transverse line that curves upward. Body colour brown.</p> <p> <b>FEMALE</b> (n=10) – Body worm like, 258±33.8 (200–310) long, 60.7±3.8 (53–65) wide. <b>Gnathosoma</b> projecting downwards; antapical setae absent; chelicerae 18.5±1.3 (17–20); rostrum 12.7±1.2 (10–15). <b>Prodorsal shield</b> wide, slightly rounded at anterior end, 31.2±2.1 (28.35) long, 50±6 (43–66) wide; shield design with median line prominent in rear end. Admedian lines bifurcates at anterior end to half of the shield, complete. First submedian lines branched twice or thrice from anterior shield, the branches may be connected with branches of admedian lines. Second submedian lines small. Median, admedian and submedian lines joined by an invariable transverse line a little above rear end of the shield. All branches of admedian and submedian lines terminate anteriorly on a transverse line that curves upward. Dorsal tubercles near rear shield margin 22.2±5.7 (14–34) apart, directing scapular seta (<i>sc)</i> divergently backwards; <i>sc</i> 22.9±1.7 (20–25), spanning 7.4±1.3 (6–11) annuli. <b>Legs</b> lacking tibial setae. Leg I 29 ±3.6 (25–36); femur 7.9±1.3 (5–10), femoral seta (<i>bv</i>) absent; femur without ventral lines; genu 4.9±0.5 (4–6), genual seta (<i>l”</i>) 20.4±2.1 (18–25); tibia 5.1±0.87 (4–6), tibial seta (<i>l</i> ’ <i>)</i> absent; tarsus 7.0±0.9 (6–9), solenidion 9.6±0.8 (8–11), slightly curved, tapered, empodium 8.0±1.3 (6–10), 7 rayed, dorsal seta (<i>ft’</i>) 10.2±2.8 (8–15), lateral seta (<i>ft”</i>) 23.1±4.2 (18–31), unguinal seta (<i>u’</i>) 4.7±0.9 (3–6). Leg II 26.2±4.7 (20–34); femur 7.6±2.0 (5–10); <i>bv</i> 13.1±2.5 (9–18); femur without ventral lines; genu 4.7±0.8 (3–6), <i>l”</i> 14.4±1.7 (11–17); tibia 4.5±0.7 (3–5), <i>l</i> ’ absent; tarsus 7.2±0.9 (5–8), solenidion 10.2±1 (8–11), slightly curved, not knobbed, empodium 6.8±0.9 (5–8), 7 rayed, <i>ft</i> ’ 8.6±1.6 (7–12), <i>ft”</i> 22.1±2.5 (18–25), <i>u’</i> 4±0.9 (3–5). Coxae I fused; coxal seta I (<i>1b</i>) 16.8±2.5 (14–23), 11±0.4 (10–12) apart; coxal seta II (<i>1a</i>) 33.2±7.7 (20–45), 14±1 (13–16) apart; coxal seta III (<i>2a</i>) 49.7±6.5 (40–58), 28.1±1.9 (24–31) apart. Coxisternal area with a few coarse granules. <b>Genitalia</b> 20.1±3.2 (15–25) wide, 18±3.2 (13–23) long; epigynium with coarse granules; genital seta (<i>3a</i>) 13.1±1.6 (11–16). <b>Opisthosomal</b> annuli continuous dorsoventrally. Lateral seta (<i>c2</i>) 19.6±1.1 (18–22), on annulus 8.6±0.6 (8–10) from the first ventral annulus. Ventral seta I (<i>d</i>) 57±10.8 (40–75), 37±1.9 (33–40) apart, on annulus 20.4±1.3 (18–22); ventral seta II (<i>e</i>) 44.3±9.8 (30–55), 25.7±5.1 (21–35) apart, on annulus 34.7±2 (31–38); ventral seta III (<i>f</i>) 23.6±2.5 (20–28), 21.5±3.1 (18–28) apart, on annulus 59.2±2.9 (54–64). Total dorsal annuli 72.7±2 (68–76), microtuberculate, microtubercles slightly oval, with posterior base pointed, thorn-like, caudal 8–12 annuli with smaller, microtubercles, reducing in size towards rear annuli; total ventral annuli 63.4±3.1 (58–68), microtuberculate, oval, with its posterior margin also thorn-like, slightly triangular and pointed, caudal 5–6 annuli with thinner, elongate microtubercles. Caudal seta (<i>h2</i>) 121.8±28.1 (72–160); accessory seta (<i>h1</i>) absent.</p> <p> <b>MALE.</b> Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Type material</b>. Holotype female, 20 female paratypes, from <i>Salvadora persica</i> (Salvadoraceae), IARI, New Delhi, coll. Sushila Joshi, 13 November 2007, on thirteen microscopic preparations deposited in NPC. Also 2 paratypes on two slides will be deposited in the Insect and Mite National Collection, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution located at the U.S. D.A. and SEL, Beltsville, Maryland.</p> <p> <b>Relation to host.</b> The mite causes yellowish erineum on both the surface of the leaves.</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. The specific designation <i>delhiensis</i> is derived from the name of the area of collection, New Delhi.</p> <p> <b>Remarks</b>. This species resembles <i>Acalitus epiphytivagrans</i> (Mohanasundaram, 1983) described from an unknown epiphytic parasitic plant from Tamil Nadu, India, in having 7 rayed feather claw and similar dorsal shield design, but differs in not having antapical setae, absence of accessory seta, microtubercles oval, reducing in size caudally and genital cover flap design which has coarse granules and absence of prominent crescentic scorings. <i>A. epiphytivagrans</i> has antapical seta, accessory seta, microtubercles oval to elongate along the posterior margin of each ring and genital cover flap shows 3–4 pairs of crescentic scorings. Further, this new species causes yellowish erineum on both surface of leaves, whereas, <i>A. epiphytivagrans</i> has been reported as vagrant on leaf surface, causing slight crinkling of leaves.</p>Published as part of <i>Menon, Pratibha & Joshi, Sushila, 2009, Two new species of eriophyid mites (Acari: Eriophyidae) from India, pp. 62-68 in Zootaxa 2067</i> on pages 65-67, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/187009">10.5281/zenodo.187009</a>
Prabadra occidentalis Dubatolov, Volynkin, N. Singh, Joshi & Cerny 2021, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Prabadra occidentalis</i> Dubatolov, Volynkin, N. Singh, Joshi & Černý, sp. nov. <p>(Figs 4–6, 23, 24, 34)</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> <b>Holotype</b> (Figs 4, 23): ♂, “Loc. India, Wokha (Nagaland) | DoC: 30.iv.2010 | Coll. Rahul Joshi | “ ♂ ”| red ring “ Holotype ” label, leg. R. Joshi (Coll. NZCZSI).</p> <p> <b>Paratypes</b>. <b>INDIA</b>: 1 ♂ with the same data as in the holotype (Coll. NZCZSI); <b>THAILAND</b>: 1 ♂, N Thailand, Chiang Mai Prov., Doi Inthanon NP, 1500m, 18°31’5’’N 98°31’50’’E, 28–29.IV.2006, leg. Černý, gen. slide No.: AV4220 (CKC); 1 ♀, N Thailand, Chiang Mai Prov., Doi Inthanon NP, 1416m, 18°30’59’’N 98°28’13’’E, 30.IV.2006, leg. K. Černý, gen. slide No.: AV4222 (CKC); 1 ♀, N Thailand, Chiang Mai Prov., Fang Distr., Doi Pha Hom Pok, 1400m, 20°02’54’’N 99°09’49’’E, 28–29.XI.2005, leg. K. Černý, gen. slide No.: AV4221 (CKC).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. The forewing length is 9.5– 10 mm in males and 12 mm in females. The new species has no remarkable external differences from <i>P. monastyrskii</i>. The male genitalia of the two species are similar, but the valva of <i>P. occidentalis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> is slightly shorter, the costa is less convex medially, the cucullus is broader, the ventral plate of cucullus is longer, and the distal setose section of the distal saccular process is longer, bean-shaped (whereas in <i>P. monastyrskii</i> that is globular). The female genitalia of <i>P. occidentalis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> are described under the description of the genus.</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>. The new species is known from northeastern India (Nagaland) and northern Thailand (Chiang Mai Province).</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. In Latin, ‘occidentalis’ means ‘western’. The specific epithet refers to the species’ more western distribution than <i>P. monastyrskii</i>.</p>Published as part of <i>Dubatolov, Vladimir V., Volynkin, Anton V., Singh, Navneet, Joshi, Rahul & Černý, Karel, 2021, On the taxonomy of the Prabhasa / Zadadra generic complex with descriptions of two new genera and two new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini), pp. 519-534 in Zootaxa 4966 (5)</i> on pages 523-528, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.5.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4745231">http://zenodo.org/record/4745231</a>
Dentadra flavicosta Dubatolov & Volynkin & Singh & Joshi & Černý 2021, comb. nov.
No full text<i>Dentadra flavicosta</i> (Moore, 1878), comb. nov. <p>(Figs 1, 2, 19, 20, 33)</p> <p> <i>Prabhasa flavicosta</i> Moore, 1878, <i>Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London</i> <b>1878</b>: 26, pl. 2, fig. 17 (Type locality: [NE India, Meghalaya, Khasi Hills, Cherrapunji] “ Cherra Punji ”).</p> <p> <b>Type material examined</b>. <b>Syntype</b> (Fig. 2): ♀, “Cherra | ♀ | Atkinson | 26” / “ <i>Prabhasa flavicosta</i> type Moore” / “Moore Coll. 94-106” / red ring “Type” label / QR-code label with unique number “ NHMUK010401748 ” (NHMUK).</p> <p> <b>Additional material examined</b>. 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Khasia Hills, Assam Nissary, gen. slide No.: BMNH Arct. 4889 (male), unique numbers: NHMUK 010914124 (male) and 010914127 (female) (NHMUK); 1 ♀, Assam, Cherrapunji, X.1916, Native Collector, Brit. Mus. 1926-142, <i>Ilema flavicosta</i> Mo., unique number: NHMUK 010914125, gen. slide No.: BMNH Arct. 4890 (NHMUK); 1 ♂, Khasis, Nat. Coll., Joicey Bequest, Brit. Mus. 1934-120, unique number: NHMUK 010914126, gen. slide No.: NHMUK010313950 (prepared by Volynkin) (NHMUK).</p> <p> <b>Remark</b>. Holloway (2001) reported the species for Borneo based on a single female specimen from Pulo Laut. Unfortunately, the second author of the present paper did not locate this specimen in the NHMUK collection. However, despite the external similarity of adults, the female genitalia illustrated by Holloway (2001: fig. 92) display remarkable differences from those of the true <i>D. flavicosta</i> from Khasi Hills and obviously belong to another, unknown species.</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>. The species is known only from Northeastern India (Meghalaya) (Moore 1878). Reporting of this species from Thailand (<b>Černý & Pinratana</b> 2009) is due to wrong identification.</p>Published as part of <i>Dubatolov, Vladimir V., Volynkin, Anton V., Singh, Navneet, Joshi, Rahul & Černý, Karel, 2021, On the taxonomy of the Prabhasa / Zadadra generic complex with descriptions of two new genera and two new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini), pp. 519-534 in Zootaxa 4966 (5)</i> on page 522, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.5.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4745231">http://zenodo.org/record/4745231</a>
Cephalaeschna acanthifrons Joshi & Kunte 2017, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Cephalaeschna acanthifrons</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 1–2)</p> <p> <b>Holotype.</b> ♂ (NCBS-AQ 279), collected between Ramalingam camp and Lama camp, Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (precise GPS coordinates unknown); 30.IX.2015; Tarun Karmarkar & Subhajit Mazumder leg.</p> <p> <b>Paratype.</b> ♂ (NCBS-AQ 373), same locality and collectors as the holotype; date of collection: 4.X.2015.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The name ‘ <i>acanthifrons</i> ’ means “pointed face”, derived form the Greek <i>acanthi</i> [=thorn], and Latin <i>frons</i> [=forehead](Fig. 2 a,b).</p> <p> <b>Description of the holotype.</b> <i>Head.</i> Eyes colored dark green. Labrum greenish yellow, postclypeus greenish yellow with two irregular rounded brown markings on the basal half. Anteclypeus, labium, mandibles dark brown. Frons greenish yellow basally. This color gradually changes to dark brown towards the border so that the greenish yellow is framed by the dark brown markings. Frons>1/2 width of the face, pointed at apex with a small dark black median ‘horn’, pointed anteriorly in dorsal view. Dark brown near the vertex and the sides. Vertex black, postgenae with yellow markings on both sides near the eye margin, base of the antennae dark brown.</p> <p> <i>Thorax</i> (Fig. 1 b). Prothorax yellow on sides along with propimeron; median lobe and posterior lobe dorsally dark brown; mesostigma with greenish yellow markings on the sides. Synthorax with vivid green and yellow markings; dorsal carina black with two green yellow spots at the antealar ridge; the paired dorsal stripes on the mesepisternum of uniform width, anterior 1/4th narrowing outwards; mesepimeron with a broad green stripe almost covering it entirely, marked with a conspicuous circular yellow marking near the metastigma about halfway of the length of the stripe; metepisternum with a short triangular stripe; base of the metepisternum marked with a faint green-yellow triangular marking pointing outwards containing the metastigma; small yellow-green spots on both sides above the metepisternum; metepimeron with a green stripe narrowing anteriorly, with a dark brown basal margin; the green stripe marked with a conspicuous, slightly oblique, longitudinally oval yellow spot like the mesepimeronic stripe. Legs mainly colored with black and brown; coxae brown, marked with a small thin yellow marking on mid and hind legs posteriorly; femur and tibia mainly reddish brown, tarsi and the claws black; the junction of the femur and tibia black, the black marking continuing on the anterior femur about 2/3rd of its length.</p> <p> <i>Wings.</i> Tinted brown, especially at the apices and the posterior margins; antenodals 19 in the fw, 15(left)– 16(right) in the hw; triangle with 4 cells in the hw and 3 (left) and 4 cells (right) in the fw, anal triangle divided into 5 cells, anal loop divided into 6 cells; pterostigma maroon, weakly braced. IRP2 forking nearer to the pterostigma than the nodus.</p> <p> <i>Abdomen</i> (Fig. 1 a,b). Marked with greenish yellow, the dorsal markings not continuous; S1 with a small ‘diamond-shaped’ marking dorsally; laterally greenish yellow with the lateral markings connected on the dorsum anteriorly; S2 dorsally marked with a longitudinally triangular AD spot; paired MD spots very minute embedded in the supplementary transverse carina; the PD half of the S2 with a dorsal stripe broadening slightly towards the center connected to the AD spot; S2 with the ventral half irregularly brown, with a conspicuous AL greenish yellow spot, this longitudinally pointed marking continuing on the auricle till the apex; the anterior half of the auricle laterally bright green-yellow whereas the cavity and the posterior half brown, the serrations black; S3–S6 marked with paired triangular MD spots; S3–S6 thinly yellow at the PD edge this yellow marking continuing on the dorsal carina towards the MD spots but not reaching them, both the MD spots and the PD line reduced on S7; the MD and PD markings more bright yellow-green than the AD and ML markings; S3–S7 with a thin yellow AD stripe, on S3 this line continuing about 2/3rd the length till the transverse carina (jugal line); not extending beyond ½ of the jugal area in other segments, very faint in S6–S7; S8 with a triangular area of tubercles at the posterior end peculiar to this group of dragonflies; this triangular patch contains a small yellow line running about half the length of the segment; S10 with very small AD spots on both sides; longitudinally flattened; S9 and S10 with the ventral half dark yellow; a small triangular spot pointing upwards on the posterior side of the transverse carina on S3–S9, this marking connects very faintly to the MD spots via the transverse carina on S4–S5; S4–S8 with extremely small AL spots at the ventral edge of the segments; reduced on S7–S8.</p> <p> <i>Anal appendages</i> (Fig. 1 c,d). Ventrum of S10 and paraprocts covered with dried soil; cerci colored black, paraprocts dark brown. <i>Dorsally</i> posterior 2/3 of cerci expanded, outer margin straight, inner margin curved, apical margin rounded pointing slightly outwards, outer margin of cerci faintly yellow. Paraprocts dark brown laterally, ventrally, and on dorsal margin. The central groove of the paraprocts dark-yellow. Paraprocts reaching about half the length of cerci in lateral view, slightly curved upwards, darkened at the apex. <i>Laterally</i> apex of cerci pointed; a medial ridge running on cerci, the ventral margin is straight while the upper margin is curved for apical 1/3 of cerci, medially.</p> <p> <b>Measurements (mm):</b> abdomen (including anal appendages)=38.9, hw=38, fw=37.4.</p> <p> <b>Variation in the paratype.</b> Paratype is a younger male than the holotype (wings completely hyaline vs. wings tinted brown in the holotype). Triangle divided into 5 cells in all wings; anal loop 7-celled in right hw, 6-celled in other three wings. Only the PL half of S1 marked with a green-yellow stripe connecting dorsally. The PD edge of the S2 marked thinly with yellow. The AL spots on S4–S8 larger and more conspicuous than the holotype, yellow line at the PD edge less broad. The yellow markings on the outer margin of cerci are very faint in the paratype compared to the type.</p> <p> <b>Measurements (mm):</b> abdomen (including anal appendages)=38.5, hw=38.1, fw=37.6.</p> <p> <b>Female:</b> Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> This species can be distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: (a) outwardly pointed apex of cerci in dorsal view; (b) distinctive abdominal markings; and (c) the apex of the frons elevated into a blunt ‘horn’. The dorsal stripe present on the posterior half of S3–S7 is thin, a condition similar to the Indian <i>C. viridifrons</i> (Fraser, 1922). The pointed and protruding frons is an interesting character also shared by the Chinese <i>C. cornifrons</i> Zhang & Cai 2013; add the Indian <i>C. acutifrons</i> (Martin, 1909) also has pointed frons but not sharply pointed as in <i>cornifrons</i> or <i>acanthifrons</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> as seen in dorsal view (Figure 2). <i>C. acanthifrons</i> can be diagnosed from <i>C. acutifrons</i> by the number of cells in the anal triangle (3 vs. 5) and from <i>C. cornifrons</i> by the reduced abdominal markings and the shape of cerci in dorsal view (Zhang & Cai 2013).</p> <p> <i>Cephalaeschna masoni</i> (Martin, 1909) and <i>acanthifrons</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> are similar to each other, having the apex of the frons dark, anal triangle with 5 cells each, IRiii forking nearer to the pterostigma and green thoracic stripes. However, <i>acanthifrons</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> can be diagnosed from <i>C. masoni</i> based on: (a) the middorsal yellow line, running intermittently with transverse striae at the posterior of each segment; and (b) the elevated pointed medial lobe of frons (rounded in <i>C. masoni</i>), pointing anteriorly in dorsal view.</p>Published as part of <i>Joshi, Shantanu & Kunte, Krushnamegh, 2017, Two new dragonfly species (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) from north-eastern India, pp. 259-268 in Zootaxa 4300 (2)</i> on pages 260-263, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4300.2.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/838265">http://zenodo.org/record/838265</a>
Miltochrista kumarkaustubhi Singh & Kirti & Joshi & Singh 2023, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Miltochrista kumarkaustubhi</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs 5, 21)</p> <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: DA750FDD-3CBE-4E73-B833-1FF42CD89E88</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> <b>Holotype</b>, ♂, India, <b>Karnataka:</b> Ganeshgudi, 13.x.2005, N. Singh leg. (13471/H10).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Externally, <i>M. kumarkaustubhi</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (Fig. 5) is closely similar to <i>M. madathumala</i> <b>sp. nov</b>. but is distinct by the male genitalia (Fig. 21) with the uncus being sharply curved (almost at 900) sub-basally, the slightly narrower valva with a minutely dentate apex, the poorly developed ventro-subapical membranous flap, the sacculus having a shorter inner flap and with denser setae apically, and the longer and apically roundly curved distal saccular process, whereas in male genitalia of <i>M. madathumala</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> uncus is curved at about 450, valva broader, smoothly rounded at apex, costa setosed sub-basally, ventro-subapical membranous flap well developed, sacculus with inner flap well developed, with dorsal margin prominently setosed, distal saccular process shorter. <i>Miltochrista hollowai</i> is clearly distinct from <i>M. kumarkaustubhi</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> in male genitalia by the valva apex more rounded, bearing a ventro-subapical spine and a short, robustly sclerotised, leaf-like distal saccular process.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The new species is named after late Mr. Kumar Kaustubh, who was young, enthusiastic, and dedicated budding moth researcher from Bihar, India.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Currently known from its type locality only i.e., Ganeshgudi, in the state of Karnataka, South India.</p>Published as part of <i>Singh, Santosh, Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Joshi, Rahul & Singh, Navneet, 2023, Taxonomic review of the Miltochrista hollowai and M. curvifascia species-groups with descriptions of two new species from India (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), pp. 150-160 in Zootaxa 5315 (2)</i> on page 153, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5315.2.4, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/8130372">http://zenodo.org/record/8130372</a>
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